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Protective Life Insurance Review


ConsumersAdvocate.org Rating: 4.8 / 5 (Excellent)
9 Customer Comments & Reviews - see all comments
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Founded in 2007 and based in Alabama, Protective Life Insurance Corporation is one of the 20 largest life insurance carriers in the United States. The company also offers an array of financial services including annuities, asset protection and funding agreements. Protective offers its numerous life insurance products through a nationwide network of brokers and financial institutions.

How is Protective rated?

Breakdown

5.0/5
Company Stability
4.0/5
Reputation
5.0/5
Policies & Coverage

Overall Rating: 4.8 / 5 (Excellent)

Protective gets high marks from us mainly due to company financial reputation and flexibility of policy options. What's more, for a company more than a century old their online and mobile options are intuitive and up to date. Customers can take advantage of online calculators and learning tools. Additionally, the company provides quotes online and instant access to agents through chat.

Financial Strength

Key Details

Underwriter
Protective Life Insurance Company
Marketshare
1.31%
Premiums Written 2019
$1,678,034,362
Standard & Poor's Financial Rating
AA-
Moody's Financial Rating
A2
AM Best Financial Rating
A+

Company Stability - 5 / 5

Founded in 1907, Protective has an over 100 year history of financial strength and performance. The company is rated good to superior by S&P, Moody's and AM Best. They are also the 14th largest life insurance provider in the nation with a 1.31 market share. Customers can purchase policies from Protective and be well assured of the company's stability into the future.
*The above information reflects the market share, premiums, and financial strength of the issuer of the Protective life insurance policies: Protective Life Insurance Company.

Reputation & Customer Experience

National Association of Insurance Commissioners

NAIC Complaint Ratio 2017
0.46
NAIC Total Complaints 2017
49
*The NAIC complaint ratio (in this case 0.46) is a ratio of the number of complaints a company received for the total premiums written in a calendar year. The median complaint ratio across all companies is 1. A score below 1 means the company received fewer than average complaints. A score above 1 means the company received a higher number of complaints than average.

Customer Ratings

BBB Rating
A+
Number of BBB Negative Reviews
1
Date Collected
2017-08-29

Reputation - 4 / 5

Protective gets better marks than most for customer experience. Their NAIC complaint ratio is well below the median score for all other companies, and they had only 49 complaints lodged against them in 2017 as well. Protective also carries an A+ with the BBB, and online reviews trend mainly toward the positive.

Protective Policies

Protective offers customers the following life insurance policies: Term, Whole Life, Universal Life, Variable Universal Life, Indexed Universal Life, Survivorship Life.

Term Life Insurance

Minimum Death Benefit
$100,000
Maximum Death Benefit
$50,000,000
Available Terms
10 year
15 year
20 year
25 year
30 year

Key Term Policy Features

  • Term-Permanent Conversions
  • Guaranteed Level Premiums
  • Guaranteed Renewability
  • Waiver of Premium
  • Accelerated Death Benefit
  • Return of Premium

Policies & Coverage - 5 / 5

Protective's life insurance policy options mirror their larger standing in the life insurance marketplace. The company affords more flexibility than most, offering nearly every type of life insurance policy and policy feature available. Protective's universal life products are particularly flexible as they enable customers to alter their coverage and premiums over time according to their family's needs.

Flexibility and Available Riders

Available Term Life Riders

  • Child Protection Rider
  • Accidental Death Benefit Rider
  • Disability Income Rider
  • Guaranteed Insurability Rider
  • Critical Illness Rider

Flexibility & Available Riders - 0 / 5


Additional Company Information

Year Founded
1907

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9 Customer Comments & Reviews

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Mike M
8/28/2020
Stay far away from protective life. They will make you file a law suit to force them to pay a claim. It took over one year for to get the payment. Because the payee was 70 they confused that person by stating incorrect laws.


ghenesy36
4/2/2020
My father died over a year ago. My mother has dementia and I have power of attorney. I keep filing paperwork and they won't pay. "You need to have WXYZ completed". I complete the paperwork and they say "you are missing X". No problem, I send them X. "You are missing WYZ". I send them WXYZ again. "You filled out Y wrong." It was the same as last time, here it is again. Get my point? Excuse after excuse not to pay. I call and leave messages for the case worker. WILL ONLY RESPOND BY MAIL. They are doing all they can not to pay.


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Ashley R
1/30/2020
If I could leave negative stars, trust me - I would. An absolutely AWFUL experience dealing with this company. I was quoted (via Costco) a wonderful rate that was substantially less than what I pay at NYL. The underwriting process took 4 months - partially because there was an error in my medical records that they denied me for, I had corrected with my physician, and subsequently started over. The doctor who originally made the error had left the practice, which was my 3rd doctor with them in 14 years, but I've always been with the same group. They tried to tell me I needed a letter from the doctor who left to confirm the erroneous diagnoses - which is impossible considering she... Read More


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Thomas
1/23/2020
My name is Thomas, policy number LM1496199. It pains me to give Protective Life Insurance one star as they truly don't deserve that much credit. I’ve been trying to surrender a life insurance policy since the middle of July 2019. They have had an extremely difficult time differentiating between me and my dad, despite the fact that we have different middle names, social security numbers and birthdays. I can’t tell if I’ve been getting the run around for more than six months due to widespread incompetence or because the company doesn’t have the funds to pay out in accordance with their own policies. I have been told numerous times to wait 7-10 for the surrender to go through, only to... Read More


bkculinary2
1/21/2020
Took me 4 months to finish application. Rude customer service. Worst experience I've ever had with a "business". Consider this, I'm giving them my money, and this was my experience. Now imagine if I passed away while this policy was active how hard/impossible it would be to get the money my family would be owed. Stay far away from this company.


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Frustrated
10/17/2019
Customer Service is HORRIBLE!!! It has been two days and I still have not spoken to a person. I logged in through my account and sent a message, no reply. I also sent a message from their website homepage and still no reply. Liberty Life insurance changed their name, then sold our policies to Protective Life Insurance. Protective Life Insurance. does not have my policy in full. They only have the basics. This policy is 25 years old and no paper work available. Progressive is the worst when it comes to their old customers.


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Gigi P
10/16/2019
Who is Protective Life Insurance?? I did not agree to this company. I attempted to get answers and was on hold for 40 minutes without help. We have six policies with Liberty Mutual, but pulling this stunt and selling our policy to someone else without our knowledge is enough to take all our business elsewhere. Getting new quotes today.


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JM
10/7/2019
LIBERTY MUTUAL SOLD OUT TO PROTECTIVE ONE OF MY POLICIES IS MISSING. HOLD TIME IS OVER 1HR TRYING TO FIX THIS. SPOKE TO THEM TWICE ALREADY KEEP TELLING ME BY WEEK END IT WILL BE ATTACHED TO MY ACCOUNT. STILL NOT THERE NO PAYMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO A WHOLE LIFE POLICY THAT IVE BEEN PAYING TO LIBERTY FOR OVER 10YRS. DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO SHOULD I MAYBE CALL A LAWYER?


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MARIA
10/7/2019
The worst customer service! They purchased Liberty Life Insurance and when I call now to pay my bill it is VERY VERY HARD TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE I was on hold for over an hour. The prompts are ridiculous to get to speak to someone. Liberty Life was the best. I AM THINKING OF DROPPING MY POLICIES WITH PROTECTIVE LIFE THE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS THAT BAD!



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