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In the article, the author discusses life insurance issues confronted by U.S. military veterans, particularly the move by the Veterans' Group Life Insurance (VGLI) to increase its rates starting July 2014, and offers several solutions like the Veterans Affairs Department's conversion program.

This article advises U.S. military service members who choose to buy life insurance in addition to Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) to carefully read policies with war exclusion clauses.

The article announces that over 1,600 wounded veterans could receive up to $100,000 in retroactive traumatic injury insurance payments as a result of a review of how benefits have been paid under a supplemental benefit program released in the U.S. in July 2008. According to the review, the average retroactive benefit would be $32,000. Approximately 4,400 individuals have received such payments since the program was created in 2005. Traumatic brain injuries and similar trauma represented 2,500 of the 4,400 payouts.

The article presents an update on the Traumatic Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program established by the U.S. Congress in 2005. On its first year of operation, the special insurance program for assisting traumatically injured service members paid out nearly $184 million. According to the Human Resources Command, about $116 million was paid to Army soldiers in 2006.

Reports on the problems related to the mobilization insurance program for US National Guard and Reserve members. Defense Department's request for Congress to suspend new enrollments in the program; Claim that the voluntary nature of the program will not make the program viable; Issues on mandatory coverage.