United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-06-29 monographic deposited born digital 71 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-696 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-696 P0b002ee1803987cd f:d05696 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-696 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-696 GAO-05-696 Insurance regulation Life insurance Military personnel Military policies Policy evaluation Solicitations Allotment Policies and procedures Other Written Product A28397

Servicemembers are engaged overseas in hostile actions that threaten their lives and possibly the future financial security of their families, should they die. To address their financial security needs, some servicemembers have purchased additional life insurance to supplement that offered by the government. Concerns have been raised, though, about solicitation violations, as well as problems in the system for setting up payroll allotments for such insurance. The Department of Defense (DOD) recently published a revised draft directive on solicitation but will not implement the directive until at least 90 days following this GAO report. GAO addressed three primary issues: (1) the extent to which DOD solicitation regulations are being violated; (2) the extent to which DOD personnel are adhering to allotment regulations for the purchase of supplemental life insurance; and (3) the extent to which the new directive addresses ongoing problems in supplemental life insurance solicitation policies. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-696/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-696.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-696/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-696.pdf GAO-05-696 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-696 Other Written Product GAO-05-696; Military Personnel: DOD Needs Better Controls over Supplemental Life Insurance Solicitation Policies Involving Servicemembers; Insurance regulation Life insurance Military personnel Military policies Policy evaluation Solicitations Allotment Policies and procedures Title 15 Section 1011-1015 15 U.S.C. 1011-1015 Title 26 Section 501(c)(3) 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) Public Law 103-62 Public Law 108-287 Public Law 109-13