Protective life Insurance Review
By Jim Tobin, CFP ®
Company Highlights
Bequest Mutual Rating
Protective Life Insurance Carrier Specifics
Policy Options | Term, Universal Life, Whole Life |
Term Lengths | 10,15,20,25,30 |
Riders | Available |
Ratings | A+ - A.M. Best |
States | NY Unavailable |
Pricing | Ultra Competitive |
Customer Service | |
Issue Age | 18-75 |
Min. Coverage | $100K |
No Exam Option | Yes- Limited |
Expert Review Of Protective Life Insurance
Reviewed by
Jim Tobin, CFP®
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If you are thinking about purchasing life insurance from Protective you have landed in a good place. This Protective life insurance reviews will address the company's history and financial ratings, product offerings, underwriting niches, pricing, and alternatives.
Protective Financial Company History
Founded in 1907, Protective is one of the top life insurance carriers in the country. An Alabama company, Protective has grown both organically and by acquisition. Some of the major acquisitions have been West Coast Life, Chase Insurance Services, & most recently MONY. .
Protective life Insurance Financial Ratings
The Protective motto of "do the right thing" seems to have paid off, Protective is rated A+ by A.M. Best the preeminent ratings provider in the life insurance space. Additionally, above we have provided the ratings of the other primary ratings agencies.
 | A+ |
 | A+ |
 | AA- |
COMDEX | 94 |
Protective Life Insurance Products
Protective life insurance offers two of the most unique options in the life insurance world. First, it's most popular policy is a term/universal life hybrid that provides insurance for the term chosen (10,15,20,30 years) and at the expiration of the term allows you to keep the policy in-force at the current payment while lowering the benefit amount to accommodate the rising cost of your insurance.
The second unique, and pretty cool, feature that protective offers is a rider call Income Protection Option (IPO). This rider allows you to designate a schedule for the payment of benefits. This option protects your beneficiary from doing something rash and losing it all quickly, and save you money because Protective is investing the money it hasn't yet paid out. This option is a home run when dealing with younger beneficiaries.
Beyond the hybrid term policy, Protective offers traditional Current Assumption Universal Life policies that earn interest and cash value.
In addition to the more traditional UL, protective also offers two UL policies that involve the equities markets. The popular Indexed UL, which is correlated to positive moves in the stock market , but is not a security instrument, and the Variable UL which can lose value and is tied directly to the stock market.
Protective also offers a survivorship policy of referred to as "second to die", and fixed and variable annuities.
Protective Life Insurance Riders
Available term policy riders include:
Waiver of Premium
Income Provider Option
Accelerated Death Benefit
Childrens Rider
Accidental Death & Dismemberment
Additionally there is a privilege to convert to permanent coverage without proof of insurability. Conversion privileges vary with product.
Protective Life Insurance Rates
Protective Life Insurance is often priced super competitively, but underwriting may be stricter than some other carriers like Prudential. Protective pricing reflects a business model that rewards good health. This can be important to you if you are in less than perfect health.
That being said, if you are healthy Protective is likely to be among the price leaders. Take a look:
53 year old male non smoker in good health.
Company | Coverage | Product | Mo. Pymnt. |
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Protective Underwriting Highlights
While protective is known to have a lenient build chart. it's biggest niches involve pricing: they are nearly always in the top 3 in rates and often number one or two.
The term hybrid and especially the IPO are big niches for Protective. The pricing of the IPO product makes it a "deal stealer" for Protective.
A negative niche for Protective is smokers. Protective is not competitive with smokers.
Protective No Exam Options
PLUS
PLUS is the accelerated underwriting platform in use by Protective. It uses the application questions and publicly available information to make a decision.
This platform speeds the underwriting process considerably. However, it is only available for applicants who Protective believes will qualify based on prescription history.
Additionally, this policy can only be issued for up to one million dollars. Applications requiring more coverage will need to go through traditional underwriting.
Protective Customer Service
Protective Life Insurancel has an excellent customer service record. In fact The National Association of Insurance Commissioners or NAIC show a complaint index of .055, below the 1% national average.
J.D. Power & Assoc. scores Lincoln at 754 and the Better Business Bureau rates Protective A+.
Protective Contact Information
Protective Life Insurance Review Final Thoughts
Protective is an excellent carrier. Along with Banner and Lincoln Financial, Protective offers an ultra competitive rate while aggressively underwriting some specific niches.
Whether you are you and healthy or have some health challenges, Protective is worth a look. In any case where you have a question about your health class, the best advice is to speak with an experienced independent agent with access to a multitude of carriers.
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