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Jan 2006 Despite ten years of existence, life insurance managed to cover only 6 million people, that is, 7% of the entire population. The share of life insurance contracts accounts only for 1.25% of GDP. The objective of the five companies operating on the market is to reach 10% of the population at the horizon of 2010 and to raise the share of premiums to 3.25% of GDP. In 2005, three new insurers have seen the light: French Prévoir and the American New York Life and ACE Life.