How much paper does the insurance industry use for life insurance policy delivery?

Paper Needed For Insurance Policy Delivery 1,024,000,000 That's nearly 13,000 pieces of paper required each year to deliver life insurance policies pine trees The weight of over 1560 kder whales (12.5 million pounds) The Cost to Deliver these policies via paper Would cover the entire Is million annual IT staffing budget for the top 100 insurance Enough to pay for 390,000 250k term policies for 10 years carriers Enough to buy every man, woman and child living in Montana a new iPhone every year The Savings to deliver policies electronically. 20 Reduce costs by up to Cut more than 85% days off of delivery cycde times, on average Aver age of 18% Reduce Not-n-Good-Order Policy Deivery by O9% placement lift, over paper delivery