Advantages Explained

• No Medical Examination Policies: If you’re 50 or younger and in good health, you can get life insurance without a medical exam for up to $3 million. Coverage without a medical evaluation is up to $1 million between 51 and 60 and up to $250,000 till 65. All National Life products require no medical exam.
• Whole life insurance that pays dividends: National Life whole life plans are eligible for company-based payouts.
• Variety of riders: National Life offers a number of life insurance riders if you wish to tailor your policy to cover a critical, chronic, or terminal condition.
• very few complaints: National Association of Insurance Commissioners: The company receives less complaints than expected for its size (NAIC).

Cons Explained

• There are no quotes on the website: National Life’s website doesn’t offer quotes. Contact the company or a broker. And you must use an agent.
• Long-term premiums: National Life Insurance has low pricing, thus it may not be the greatest option for economical term coverage.

complaint rate

The NAIC complaint rate is dependent on business size and the number of complaints. An index of 1.0 suggests the insurance business received the expected number of complaints. Companies with more complaints than expected have a higher score, and those with fewer have a lower index. Better: fewer complaints.

We examine National Life’s three-year complaint rates. National Life has much fewer complaints than expected for a firm of its size. Most of our top-rated life insurance businesses have complaint ratios below 1.0.

Third Party Ratings

AM Best ranks National Life A+ for financial robustness. A+ means National Life can meet its insurance obligations. Balance sheet strength, operating performance, and debt contribute to AM Best’s letter ratings.

available policies

National Life offers numerous life insurance types. You can bypass a medical exam and lab tests if you fulfil the company’s “EZ” underwriting conditions.

Getting enough life insurance is vital. National Life’s line coverage calculator helps you decide how much coverage you need.

term life insurance

Term life insurance provides coverage for a certain period. If you die during the policy’s term, your beneficiaries receive a death benefit. Term life insurance has no monetary value, unlike permanent.

National Life converts term life insurance. After the term, you can convert to a permanent policy without a medical exam.

Whole Life Insurance

Whole life insurance provides fixed premiums, a guaranteed death payout, and cash value. You can borrow or withdraw cash value while you’re alive. Whole life insurance contracts from National Life may receive dividends dependent on company performance.

Universal Life Insurance

Universal Life (UL) insurance increases financial value. Each premium payment builds cash value at current rates. UL provides adjustable premiums and a flexible death benefit, unlike whole life. Increasing premiums in later years may be necessary if the cash value doesn’t grow as projected.

Indexed Universal Life Insurance

Index Universal Life (IUL) is a UL policy, but cash value grows based on the S&P 500. Cash value can profit based on market performance up to a limit and won’t lose value in a down market.

available passengers

National Life has several riders. Life insurance riders can add or extend coverage.

Child Rider

Children’s Rider gives them term life insurance. When your youngster turns 18, you can change their rider to permanent coverage for a higher sum. This rider raises your premium.

Premium Clause Waiver

National Life waives premiums if you become disabled. This rider costs extra for term or permanent life insurance.

Expedited Benefit Riders

National Life Living Benefit Riders are no-cost riders that provide a portion of the death benefit under certain conditions.

• Terminal illness clause: This rider lets you get a portion of your death benefit if you have less than 24 months to live and a terminal illness.
• chronic disease rider: If you have a chronic condition, you can use a portion of your early death benefit. To use this rider, a doctor must verify that you’ve been unable to execute two ADLs for 90 days or that you’re intellectually impaired.
• Rider for serious illness or injury: This rider lets you obtain the death benefit if you have a major illness or injury. Cancer, heart attack, stroke, cystic fibrosis, blindness, paralysis, coma, and burns are covered.

Lifetime Income Benefit Rider

Life insurance companies rarely offer a rider to boost retirement income. It employs policy loans to make lifetime payments based on the policy’s value.

If you’ve exhausted the cash value and are still alive, payments continue. It guarantees your heirs at least $15,000 or the remaining cash worth after loans, whichever is greater.

Matching Charitable Gift Death Benefit Rider

National Life will match your donation to a charity up to a specified amount if you choose this rider.

Extra Protection Benefit Rider

A rider adds term coverage to your permanent insurance. This rider boosts your death benefit without raising your premium.

Overlending Protection Clause

Overloan Protection Rider restructures your policy if you take out a cash value loan and it matures.

Customer service

For National Life policy questions, call (800) 732-8939. If you prefer email, use the online form. National Life offers a free mobile app to check policy data, make payments, and more.

Our Methodology: How We Review Life Insurance Companies

We ranked more than 90 insurers in five key categories: Financial Stability, Customer Satisfaction, Product & Feature Variety, Overall Experience purchasing and pricing.

We collect 5,000 data points and score each organisation on 55 metrics. We categorised indicators by category to examine how insurers performed, then weighted category scores to calculate overall performance.