---
kind: "unit"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
key: "ptII/ch19/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "United States Government Life Insurance"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/ptII-ch19-schII"
sections_count: 24
---

# Subchapter II — United States Government Life Insurance

Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits › Part II — General Benefits › Chapter 19 — Insurance

## Sections

- [§1940. Definition](/usc/38/1940.md)
- [§1941. Amount of insurance](/usc/38/1941.md)
- [§1942. Plans of insurance](/usc/38/1942.md)
- [§1943. Premiums](/usc/38/1943.md)
- [§1944. Policy provisions](/usc/38/1944.md)
- [§1945. Renewal](/usc/38/1945.md)
- [§1946. Dividends to pay premiums](/usc/38/1946.md)
- [§1947. Incontestability](/usc/38/1947.md)
- [§1948. Total disability provision](/usc/38/1948.md)
- [§1949. Beneficiaries](/usc/38/1949.md)
- [§1950. Payment to estates](/usc/38/1950.md)
- [§1951. Payment of insurance](/usc/38/1951.md)
- [§1952. Optional settlement](/usc/38/1952.md)
- [§1953. Assignments](/usc/38/1953.md)
- [§1954. Forfeiture](/usc/38/1954.md)
- [§1955. United States Government Life Insurance Fund](/usc/38/1955.md)
- [§1956. Military and naval insurance appropriation](/usc/38/1956.md)
- [§1957. Extra hazard costs](/usc/38/1957.md)
- [§1958. Statutory total permanent disability](/usc/38/1958.md)
- [§1959. Waiver of disability for reinstatement](/usc/38/1959.md)
- [§1960. Waiver of premium payments on due date](/usc/38/1960.md)
- [§1961. Authority for higher interest rates for amounts payable to beneficiaries](/usc/38/1961.md)
- [§1962. Authority for higher monthly installments payable to certain annuitants](/usc/38/1962.md)
- [§1963. Authority for payment of interest on settlements](/usc/38/1963.md)