Global Atlantic Life Insurance Review 2024

Bottom line: Global Atlantic no longer sells traditional life insurance policies, but it still offers other financial products like fixed rate annuities.
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By Georgia Rose 
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Edited by Katia Iervasi

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Founded by Goldman Sachs in 2004, Global Atlantic Financial Group began selling retirement and life insurance products in 2013. Though Global Atlantic stopped providing traditional life insurance policies in July 2023, the company still offers a variety of financial products like fixed rate annuities and variable annuities.

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More about Global Atlantic life insurance

Global Atlantic provides a range of financial products including:

  • Fixed index annuities.

  • Registered index-linked annuities (RILA).

  • Hybrid fixed annuities.

  • Income annuities.

  • Variable annuities.

Global Atlantic also offers preneed life insurance, which is typically only available through funeral homes. When the policyholder dies, the money goes to the funeral home to carry out the person’s wishes for their funeral or burial.

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