I just sat through NMAA's presentation on Wednesday, we had FORMC Slingerland, USN Ret & he went on & on ab how he cannot sell us life insurance. He went on to explain that SGLI is the best deal you can get but that if you need additional insurance, on their website is a list of companies willing to sell to military families at good rates. In addition to his ringing endorsement of SGLI, he explained that rather than purchasing VGLI, you should purchase civilian life insurance b/c the rates are better & that if you convert fr SGLI to a company on NMAA's website within I think it was 90 days, that even if you have a service related disability or illness, they have to offer you coverage.
I have to say, the guy who did our presentation seemed VERY slick. He went on & on ab how the MCPON & the MCPOCG have only authorized NMAA to give presentations on the bases b/c they cannot sell anything. Please tell me, if you can't sell anything, how is it that so many of you are endorsing buying life insurance through them?
Also, when doing his presentation, he stated that military families who lose a servicemember are eligible for all kinds of money, he made it sound like an "ask & you shall receive" situation when in truth, very few people will ever receive any of the money fr the Federal Gov't that he spoke of & those who do will likely have had to hire lawyers to aid them in getting it.
He was just too slick for my tastes. He seemed to do the same thing that First Command gets accused of regularly, the "I was a Chief (or above) in the Navy, I wouldn't lead a fellow servicemember astray" tactic.