Life Insurance Offers Protection to USAA Members

Simple Life for Home streamlines underwriting with mortgage approval process or purchase of homeowners insurance

SAN ANTONIO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Qualified USAA members who are purchasing a home or buying homeowners insurance now have an opportunity to also purchase a simplified issue term life insurance policy that helps families make mortgage payments in the event an insured passes away.

Simple Life for Home is ideally suited to individuals who want to build a safety net for their loved ones, but currently have no life insurance in place. Simple Life for Home does not require a medical exam, and provides a quick—in some cases, instant—response after the completion of a short, online medical questionnaire. It is underwritten by USAA’s subsidiary, USAA Direct Life Insurance Company.

Simple Life for Home is portable, so policyholders can take the life insurance with them if they move. Policy portability is of tremendous value for qualified USAA members since, according to a survey conducted in 2010 on behalf of USAA, 70 percent of active duty military members have moved in the past two years, compared to 35 percent of the general public.

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Soft Commercial Insurance Market Continuing

Another report indicates that soft commercial insurance market conditions that persisted throughout the U.S. in 2010 will continue into 2011.

Key commercial insurance market drivers from 2009—including intense competition among insurers, abundant capacity, and relatively few insured catastrophe losses—continued through 2010 and are forming market conditions for 2011, global insurance broker Marsh said in its latest report.

That conclusion mirrors what Advisen and the RIMS Benchmark Survey recently found.

“Despite a challenging economic environment in many industries, commercial insurance market conditions were largely favorable for insurance buyers throughout 2010,” said Joe McSweeny, president, U.S. and Canada Division, Marsh. “A relatively benign Atlantic hurricane season limited catastrophe losses in the United States, and insurance capacity and competition remained strong.”

McSweeney said that barring a significant market-changing event, Marsh expects conditions to generally remain favorable for buyers in 2011. “Those able to supply high-quality data and that have favorable loss histories and limited catastrophe exposures will obtain the best deals,” he said.

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