United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Life Insurance

Customer Service - How Are We Doing?

VA Life Insurance Customer Service Measures

VA Life Insurance Service measures the effectiveness of customer service and claims processing in several areas. Follow the links below for our most recent results.

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Servicemembers Group Life Insurance Customer Service Measures

The most recent customer service data for SGLI and VGLI is shown below.

December 2010


Category
Standard Current Month Rolling 12 Months

Timeliness for SGLI Claims

99% 99.5% 99.6%

Timeliness for VGLI Claims

99% 99.0% 99.0%

Timeliness for TSGLI Claims

99% 100% 99.9%

Average Processing Days for Death Claims

5 3.75 3.44

Financial Accuracy of all Claim Payments

99% 99.9% 99.9%

Timeliness for VGLI Application Processing

98% 96.6% 99.7%

Average Processing Days for VGLI Applications

5 5 5

Accuracy of VGLI Application Processing

99% 99.8% 99.9%

Average Speed of Answer for Call Center

20 Seconds 24 Seconds 13 Seconds

Telephone Service Factor

80% 7.01% 80.5%

Overall Customer Satisfaction Rate

90% 84% 88%

Definitions of SGLI VGLI categories and standards

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Other VA Life Insurance Customer Service Measures

The most recent customer service data for all other VA Life Insurance is shown below.

December 2010

Customer Service



FY 11 Target Current Month Rolling 12 Months

High Customer Satisfaction

95% 94.2% 94.1%

Low Customer Satisfaction

3% 4.0% 2.4%

Percent of Abandoned Calls

2% 1.3% 0.9%

Percent of Blocked Calls

2% 0.0% 0.3%

Avg. Speed of Answer (in seconds)

20 21 16

Avg Processing Time (In Workdays)


FY 11 Target Current Month Rolling 12 Months

Disbursements (claims, loans, etc.)

2.5 1.2 1.5

S-DVI Applications

11 3.0 11.5

Correspondence

8 3.0 3.0

Accuracy

FY 11 Target Current Month Rolling 12 Months

Disbursements

99% 98.8% 99.5%

S-DVI Applications

98% 94.0% 98.0%

Correspondence

98% 97.0% 98.8%

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