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Best for: People looking for additional benefits

Our take: Credit card holders who love their perks might feel right at home with Haven Life. Policyholders can access $700 worth of living benefits a year, including virtual workout classes, online services for creating wills and end-of-life planning support. These perks make Haven Life a top pick for those who love a little something extra. And the company can provide coverage in just days.

What Haven Life has to say: “The biggest benefit is speed-to-issue. When going with a legacy carrier, the underwriting process is significantly shorter. On average, it takes us about 11 days to underwrite and issue compared to up to eight weeks with a legacy carrier,” says Matt Myers, head of marketing at Haven Life.

Haven Life offers two types of policies: a medically underwritten term policy for anyone up to age 64 and a simplified, no-medical-exam policy that’s usually available to those ages 20 and 55. Haven Life, which is owned by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., offers policyholders a number of benefits, including an app that has guided workouts and meditations.

Another note: Haven Life received the highest A.M. Best financial stability rating of the online life insurance companies we reviewed.

Pros:

  • Prompt customer service response
  • Applicants can also purchase disability insurance and annuities
  • Accelerated death benefit rider available
  • Policyholders can access several living benefits, including virtual workout classes

Cons:

  • Some applicants may be ineligible for Haven’s no-med option and will have to take a medical exam
  • Anyone buying more than $1 million in coverage will need to take a medical exam

Haven Life’s third-party ratings

Trustworthiness
A+
Financial Strength
A++
Customer Experience
4.6

Trustworthiness: The Better Business Bureau evaluates businesses on their behavior, trustworthiness, and performance. A business with a high ranking from the BBB can be trusted to meet its commitments. The BBB gives Haven Life an A+.

Financial strength: A.M. Best evaluates a company’s financial health and its ability to meet its financial obligations. A.M. Best gives Haven Life an A++.

Customer experience: Trustpilot is an online platform for individuals to provide reviews of companies and their customer experience. Trustpilot gives Haven Life a rating of 4.6 out of a possible 5. Scores as of October 4, 2022.

How Haven Life stacks up against selected competitors

Third-party ratings HavenBestowLadderVantis Life
TrustworthinessA+A+A+A+
Financial StrengthA++A+AA+
Customer Experience4.64.64.84.7

More details about Haven Life insurance

Policies offered:

  • Life products offered: Term life

Other coverage:

  • Haven Term is not available in all states, but if you live in a state where you can purchase a policy, a program of living benefits called Haven Plus – which includes an online service for creating estate plans – is added to your Haven Term policy at no cost.

Rates:

  • A $250,000, 20-year Haven Term policy begins at $14.99 per month.

Insurance partners:

  • Haven Life is owned by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. and provides coverage issued by MassMutual or its C.M. Life subsidiary.

Other details:

  • Ages and coverage limits: Haven Term offers 10-, 15-, 20-, 25- and 30-year-term policies up to $3 million for those under the age of 64. Those 60 to 64 can apply for as much as $1 million. Its Haven Simple, a type of life insurance that doesn’t require a medical exam, offers those ages 20 to 55 coverage of up to $1 million.
  • Waiting period: With some policies — such as Haven Simple, which doesn’t require a medical exam — coverage begins as soon as you e-sign and enter your payment information. In other cases — such as if a medical exam is required — it may take longer before your policy goes into effect.
  • Medical requirements: Haven Simple does not require a medical exam. A medical exam is likely required for Haven Term, but not needed in all cases.
  • Application time: All applications are completed online and are given an immediate (think 30 seconds) decision on coverage – either approved with no medical, approved pending medical, or, in a small number of cases, declined.

Additional product line details: Haven Term is a medically underwritten term policy. Prices vary by state, age, health status and other factors. But, generally, anyone up to age 64 is eligible. You can get up to $3 million in coverage in 10-, 15-, 20-, 25- and 30-year terms. Additional features include an accelerated death benefit and level premiums.

Haven Simple is Haven Life’s simplified, no-health-exam policy. Coverage and term length is subject to age eligibility. But, typically, people between the ages of 20 and 55 are eligible. Coverage amounts go from $25,000 to $1 million and available terms are 5, 10, 15 and 20 years. Additional features include accelerated death benefits and level premiums.

In addition, Haven Life offers other products:

  • Salary protection: A term insurance policy that pays a beneficiary a sum equal to the insured’s salary.
  • Short-term disability: A policy that offers $500 to $5,000 a month.

How much does Haven Life insurance cost?

For healthy non-smokers:

The following table shows Haven Life rates by age and gender for healthy non-smokers purchasing 20-year term policies.

AgeGender$500,000 in coverage$1,000,000 in coverage
25Female$21.61$23.03
25Male$23.34$30.59
35Female$25.57$31.38
35Male$28.90$37.09
45Female$67.29$94.91
45Male$92.09$123.34
55Female$181.33$360.96
55Male$230.00$456.12

For smokers:

The following table shows Haven Life monthly rates by age and gender for smokers purchasing 20-year term policies.

AgeGender$500,000 in coverage$1,000,000 in coverage
25Female$74.91$75.50
25Male$93.95$103.02
35Female$107.23$127.54
35Male$149.54$188.21
45Female$236.17$325.99
45Male$337.97$442.54
55Female$387.53$805.60
55Male$527.06$1,066.75

How its rates stack up:

The following table shows how Haven Life’s monthly rates for a healthy 35-year-old in excellent health compares with selected competitors for $500,000 in coverage.

GenderHaven LifeFabricLadderBestow
Female$25.57$20.62$20.10$23.08
Male$28.90$23.72$22.80$30.58

Company background: Haven Life was founded by Yaron Ben-Zvi in 2014. Shortly after it launched, the company was bought by MassMutual, which saw the potential of direct-to-consumer insurance product distribution. MassMutual, which is more than 150 years old, is one of the biggest life insurers in the U.S.

Interesting tidbit: In 2021, Haven Life partnered with Lantern to give Haven Life customer access to Lantern’s end-of-life planning platform. Lantern helps people organize their “bucket list,” plan their own remembrance, and leave instructions for how they want their social media accounts handled after their deaths.

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About Haven Life

  • Company address: 60 Madison Ave, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10010
  • Company website: https://havenlife.com/
  • Company email: support@havenlife.com
  • Company phone: 855-744-2836

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