Adults Aged 35–44 Died At Twice The Expected Rate Last Summer, Life Insurance Data Suggests Adults Aged 35–44 Died At Twice The Expected Rate Last Summer, Life Insurance Data Suggests Authored by Margaret Menge via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Death claims for working-age adults under group life insurance policies spiked well beyond expected levels last summer and fall, according to data from 20 of the top 21 life insurance companies in the United States. Louisiana National Cemetery on August 20, 2021 in Zachary, Louisiana. (Mario Tama|Getty Images) Death claims for adults aged 35 to 44 were 100 percent higher than expected in July, August, and September 2021 , according to a report by the Society of Actuaries, which analyzed 2.3 million death claims submitted to life insurance firms. The report looked at death claims filed under group life insurance policies during the 24 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, from April 2020 to March 2022. The researchers used data from the three years before the pandemic to set a baseline for the expected deaths. While COVID-19 played some role in the majority of the excess deaths for adults over the age of 34 during the two pandemic years, the opposite was true for younger people.