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VA provides Veterans, service members, and their families with $1.2 trillion in insurance coverage each year. </p> <h2>VA Life Insurance Options</h2> <ul class="usa-list usa-list--unstyled"> <li><a href="https://www.va.gov/life-insurance/options-eligibility/valife/" lang="en"> <h3 class="no-anchor margin-bottom-05">Veterans Affairs Life Insurance (VALife)</h3> </a> <p class="margin-top-05">Get guaranteed acceptance whole life insurance if you have a service-connected disability.</p> </li> <li><a href="https://www.va.gov/life-insurance/options-eligibility/vmli" lang="en"> <h3 class="no-anchor margin-bottom-05">Veterans’ Mortgage Life Insurance (VMLI)</h3> </a> <p class="margin-top-05">If you have a severe service-connected disability, get mortgage protection insurance for a home that’s been adapted to meet your needs.</p> </li> <li><a href="https://www.va.gov/life-insurance/options-eligibility/sgli" lang="en"> <h3 class="no-anchor margin-bottom-05">Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI)</h3> </a> <p class="margin-top-05">Get group life insurance while you’re serving.</p> </li> <li><a href="https://www.va.gov/life-insurance/options-eligibility/fsgli" lang="en"> <h3 class="no-anchor margin-bottom-05">Family Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (FSGLI)</h3> </a> <p class="margin-top-05">Add coverage for your spouse and dependent children (children who rely on you for financial support).</p> </li> <li><a href="https://www.va.gov/life-insurance/options-eligibility/tsgli" lang="en"> <h3 class="no-anchor margin-bottom-05">Traumatic Injury Protection (TSGLI)</h3> </a> <p class="margin-top-05">Get short-term financial support to help you recover from a severe injury.</p> </li> <li><a href="https://www.va.gov/life-insurance/options-eligibility/vgli" lang="en"> <h3 class="no-anchor margin-bottom-05">Veterans’ Group Life Insurance (VGLI)</h3> </a> <p class="margin-top-05">Get group life insurance once you’ve ended your service.</p> </li> </ul> <h3>VA Requirements</h3> <ul class="usa-list"> <li><strong>SGLI聽</strong>coverage is automatic for most service members. VA聽<a r href="https://www.benefits.va.gov/INSURANCE/forms/SGLV_8286_ed2013-08.pdf">Form SGLV 8286 (PDF)</a>聽may be used to designate beneficiaries or reduce, decline, or restore coverage. This insurance can be converted to Veterans’ Group Life Insurance on separation from the service.</li> <li><strong><a href="https://www.va.gov/life-insurance/totally-disabled-or-terminally-ill/">Accelerated Benefits Option</a></strong>, which provides those insured under SGLI and VGLI with access to up to half of the value of their insurance if they are terminally ill with nine months or less to live.</li> </ul> <div class="margin-y-6"> <a href="https://www.va.gov/life-insurance/" class="display-flex flex-row flex-align-center maxw-mobile-lg usa-button bg-transparent border-2px radius-md padding-2 border-gray-cool-40 text-no-underline hover:bg-gray-warm-10 text-black"> <i class="fal fa-compass fa-2x icon-left"></i> <span class="text-left">Explore VA Life Insurance Options Today</span> </a> </div> <h3>VA Application Process</h3> <ul class="usa-list list--checklist"> <li>Review your life insurance needs and options with VA’s <a href="https://www.va.gov/resources/deciding-how-much-life-insurance-to-get/">decision-making tools</a>.</li> <li>Decide which insurance option is best for you by reviewing the different programs <a href="https://www.va.gov/life-insurance/options-eligibility/">on VA‘s “Life Insurance” Web page</a>.</li> <li>Find details on how to claim benefits under each program of insurance <a href="https://benefits.va.gov/INSURANCE/sglivgli.asp">listed here</a>.</li> </ul> </article> <aside class="tablet:grid-col-4 display-flex flex-align-center flex-column"> <div class="bg-white shadow-1 padding-3 display-flex flex-column flex-justify-center margin-bottom-2 margin-x-auto"><a href="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0DB0MCq4hvo" class="testimonial display-flex flex-column flex-nowrap" aria-label="play testimonial video"> <img src="/_media/img/testimonials/josh.jpg" class="text-center" alt=""/><span class="font-body-sm text-medium margin-bottom-1 display-block">Play video</span> </a> <p class="font-family-serif text-italic">“Life Insurance is such a great financial tool, but if you don鈥檛 take advantage of it, there鈥檚 no way it can help your family.”</p> <p class="font-body-md text-right margin-top-2px">Josh<br> Marine Corps Veteran<br> OEF/OIF</p> </div> <div class="usa-accordion usa-accordion--bordered bg-white shadow-1 radius-md">  <h2 class="usa-accordion__heading radius-md"> <button class="usa-accordion__button usa-accordion__button--primary-lighter radius-md font-family-serif font-serif-md" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="help"> Get Help with Applications and Claims </button> </h2> <div id="help" class="usa-accordion__content font-body-md bg-white radius-md"> <h3 class="font-heading-sm">Application Assistance</h3> <ul class="usa-list usa-list--unstyled"> <li> <div class="display-flex flex-column flex-nowrap flex-justify-center"> <a href="https://www.va.gov/find-locations"> <img src="/_media/img/bg/bg-location-link.png" alt=""> <span class="display-block">Find VA benefits offices</span></a> </div> </li> <li class="margin-top-05"><a href="https://www.va.gov/statedva.htm">State Veterans Affairs Directors</a></li> <li class="margin-top-05"><a href="https://www.nacvso.org/directory/directory_5.aspx" class="usa-link--external">County Veterans Service Officers</a></li> <li class="margin-top-05"><a href="https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits/about/feature?feature=request-vso-representative">Accredited Veterans Service Organizations</a></li> </ul> <h3 class="font-heading-sm">Documents </h3> <ul class="usa-list"> <li><a href="https://benefits.va.gov/INSURANCE/resources-forms.asp">Access available forms</a> for all VA life insurance programs.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </aside> </div> </div> </section> <script> $('.intro-video-modal').modaal({ type: 'video', }); 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