United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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life insurance

VA Life Insurance

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