Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance-Slayer's Rule Exclusion
VA · va-other · Published 2016-04-12 · Effective 2016-04-12 · 81 FR 21465
Document
Document number
2016-08381
Federal Register citation
81 FR 21465
CFR reference
38 CFR 9
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
va-other
Agency
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Publication date
2016-04-12
Effective date
2016-04-12
Abstract
The Department of Veterans Affairs adopts as final, without change, the final rule seeking comments published on October 3, 2012, amending its regulations governing Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) and Veterans' Group Life Insurance (VGLI). Specifically, this rule prohibits paying insurance proceeds because of the death of a person (decedent) whose life was insured under SGLI or VGLI, or paying a SGLI Traumatic Injury Protection (TSGLI) benefit to a person (slayer) convicted of intentionally and wrongfully killing the decedent or determined in a civil proceeding to intentionally and wrongfully killing the decedent. This prohibition of payment also applies to any family member of the slayer who is not related to the decedent and to any person who assisted the slayer in causing the death of the decedent. Additionally, the term "domestic partner" is removed from the definition of "member of the family".