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  • How much life insurance do Veterans need?

    How much life insurance do Veterans need?

    Summer brings longer days and a slower pace, which means that you’ve got more time on your hands to consider your finances. As a Veteran, your financial resources may already include benefits you earned through your service, such as your Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) account or, if you retired from the military, your retired pay and perhaps the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP). But what about life insurance?

  • National Life Insurance Awareness Month: Have you taken advantage of VA’s life insurance programs?

    National Life Insurance Awareness Month: Have you taken advantage of VA’s life insurance programs?

    No matter what stage of life you are in, VA has a life insurance program tailored to fit your financial needs.

  • End-of-Life planning: Prepare for the future with VA

    End-of-Life planning: Prepare for the future with VA

    Talking about end-of-life planning is never easy, but it is essential. VA provides a variety of benefits and services to help Veterans and their loved ones prepare. From life insurance to burial costs, learn how you can plan ahead with VA benefits.

  • How VA served Veterans during the pandemic

    How VA served Veterans during the pandemic

    From the moment the pandemic hit, VA’s public servants mobilized around one core mission: provide world-class care and benefits to Veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors during this time of need. Throughout the pandemic, our public servants executed that mission by risking their own lives, sacrificing time with their families, sleeping overnight at hospitals, and much more – all to save and improve the lives of Veterans. 

  • Take advantage of VA Life Insurance programs during National Military Appreciation Month

    Take advantage of VA Life Insurance programs during National Military Appreciation Month

    This National Military Appreciation Month, learn more about the life insurance programs VA offers to service members, Veterans and their families.

  • End-of-life planning with VA

    End-of-life planning with VA

    Financial Literacy Month provides an opportunity to get caught up on often overlooked end-of-life planning. VA offers programs to assist with end-of-life planning and help ease the burden on family members when a Veteran passes.

  • Financial Literacy Awareness Month: Protect those who matter most with VA Life Insurance

    Financial Literacy Awareness Month: Protect those who matter most with VA Life Insurance

    April is Financial Literacy Awareness Month. An important part of financial planning is life insurance, which VA offers through a variety of programs to Veterans, Service members, and their families.

  • Best of 2022: Top Veteran Resources of the Year

    Best of 2022: Top Veteran Resources of the Year

    Every week, VA sends a newsletter that is jam-packed with resources like free concert tickets, farming assistance, workout programs, national park passes and Veteran discounts on hundreds of services.

  • Radio Outreach

    Radio Outreach

  • Q&A about VA’s newest life insurance program

    Q&A about VA’s newest life insurance program

    VA is launching a new life insurance program for service-connected Veterans called Veterans Affairs Life Insurance (VALife).

  • What is the difference between VA Life Insurance and Service-Disabled Veterans Life Insurance?

    What is the difference between VA Life Insurance and Service-Disabled Veterans Life Insurance?

    Service-Disabled Veterans Life Insurance (S-DVI) is closing to new enrollment after December 31, 2022. VA is launching a new program— VA Life Insurance (VALife)—on January 1, 2023

  • Learn how to protect those who matter most with VA Life Insurance

    Learn how to protect those who matter most with VA Life Insurance

    No matter what stage of life you are in, VA’s Insurance Service has a program tailored to fit the unique needs of you and your family.

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Last updated December 5, 2023

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