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Life Insurance Program Descriptions
VA has responsibility for veterans' and service members' life insurance programs. Listed below are the six life insurance programs managed by VA. The first four programs listed are closed to new issues. The last two are still issuing new policies. Click on any program title for a brief background description.
| Insurance Program | Veterans Insured |
Years Issued |
|---|---|---|
| United States Government Life Insurance | WWI |
1919
to 1951 |
| National Service Life Insurance | WWII |
1940
to 1951 |
| Veterans' Special Life Insurance | Korean
War |
1951
to 1956 |
| Veterans' Reopened Insurance | Disabled
WWII and Korean War |
1965
to 1966 |
| Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance | Disabled |
1951
to Present |
| Veterans' Mortgage Life Insurance | Severely Disabled |
1971
to Present |