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Update: Life Insurers Paid Out Record Death Benefits in Pandemic Times, Data Shows

(Clarifies quote in fourth paragraph.) Life insurers paid out record levels of claims in 2021 as COVID-19 drove mortality levels higher. Two years later, it’s not clear when — or if — that trend . . .

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