# Veterans' Group Life Insurance Increased Coverage
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2018-12-21 · Effective 2019-01-22 · 83 FR 65527
## Document
- **Document number:** 2018-27749
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 83 FR 65527
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 9
- **Publication date:** 2018-12-21
- **Effective date:** 2019-01-22
## Abstract

Current statutory provisions provide Veterans' Group Life Insurance (VGLI) insureds under the age of 60 with the opportunity to increase their VGLI coverage by $25,000 not more than once in each five-year period beginning on the one-year anniversary of the date a person becomes insured under VGLI. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is finalizing the amendment of its VGLI regulations to establish a permanent regulatory framework for such elections of increased coverage. The final rule clarifies that coverage increases in an amount less than $25,000 are available only when existing VGLI coverage is within $25,000 of the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance maximum of $400,000, and any increases of less than $25,000 must be only in an amount that would bring the insurance coverage up to the statutory maximum.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/12/21/2018-27749/veterans-group-life-insurance-increased-coverage)
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