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4 extended health care coverage; and 753,000 people and their 1 million dependants with reimbursement of dental care expenses. Through these insured plans and similar coverages provided by uninsured employer arrangements, some 2.8 million Alberta residents have supplementary health benefit coverage (after eliminating duplicate coverage) and about 1.7 million people have disability income protection. Premium Income Life and health insurance providers receive funds from two main sources: premiums and deposits paid by policyholders and earnings on investments. The portion of premium payments not used to pay benefits or expenses in the current year becomes available for investment in the nation's economy until needed to pay future benefits. In product pricing, the anticipated investment earnings are taken into account, thereby reducing the cost of life insurance, health insurance and annuities to policyholders. During the year, Alberta residents paid total premiums and premium equivalents of $11.6 billion for life and health insurance, as well as annuity products. Of the total, more than $3.5 billion, or 30%, were for annuity products such as employer sponsored private pension plans, RRSPs, RRIFs, DPSPs and payout annuities. This included nearly $1.3 billion of premiums for individual annuities and almost $2.3 billion of premiums for group annuities. Alberta residents also paid $2.8 billion, or 24% of the total, on new and existing life insurance policies, purchased primarily to provide future financial security for their families. Premiums for individual life insurance policies totalled $1.9 billion and premiums for group life insurance policies amounted to $923 million.