| > | | | | provider, and from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but |
| It is an incontestable fact that due to the nature of | | | | generally, any member of the armed forces in active |
| their work, the insurance needs of military personnel | | | | duty or military reserve qualifies to take up military |
| are significantly different from the insurance needs of | | | | insurance, which typically covers both themselves and |
| the civilian population. And it is recognition of this fact | | | | their loved ones. This includes people in both the |
| the special military insurance packages were designed | | | | serviceman and officer cadre - and not just the |
| to adequately provide for the unique insurance needs | | | | office cadre — as could be wrongly assumed, |
| of the military. And so phenomenal has been the | | | | where one mistakes army insurance to be an elite |
| growth of demand for military insurance over the | | | | perk for the office cadre. The truth of the matter is |
| years that we have come to a point in time where | | | | that everyone in military service is exposed to some |
| there are full-fledged insurance companies entirely | | | | level of risk and would be well advised to take up |
| devoted to the provision of such military insurance. | | | | forces insurance cover. Retired and former military |
| Now as more and more people come to realize the | | | | personnel, too, typically qualify for military insurance |
| unique benefits of military insurance, eligibility issues | | | | too, in recognition of their distinguished service to the |
| for such military insurance — which is also | | | | nation, and in appreciation of the fact that retired and |
| known as army insurance or forces insurance are | | | | former military personnel can always be recalled to |
| increasingly being raised. Many people, for instance, | | | | active service should the need arise. Cadets in military |
| wonder whether the family of a person in the military | | | | academies, too, typically qualify for military insurance, |
| can take the forces insurance on the behalf of their | | | | and with some army insurance providers, all DOD |
| loved one who is in patriotic duty, keeping in mind | | | | (department of defense) personal are also eligible for |
| that military service tends to affect not only the | | | | military insurance. |
| people who enlist into the disciplined forces, but also | | | | And in recognition of the fact that military service |
| the loved ones they leave at home. This fact comes | | | | tends to affect both the servicemen (or officers as |
| to the fore in a world where the struggle for various | | | | the case may be) and their families, spouses, widows |
| (diminishing) natural resources means that the | | | | and children of people serving in the armed forces |
| prospect of being called for war duty is never very | | | | are also typically eligible for forces insurance. |
| far off from the minds of all people in active service, | | | | And so, in the final analysis, almost everyone who |
| and even those in reserve service. So who exactly is | | | | stands to be affected by military service — |
| eligible for army insurance, or military insurance | | | | whether the serviceman or their family — has |
| — if we don’t want to alienate the | | | | an opportunity to access the unique benefits of |
| members of the navy and the air-force? | | | | military insurance. |
| Eligibility for forces insurance varies from provider to | | | | |