Developing a national list of insurers selling the least expensive term life insurance rates in the United States is an exercise with little practical value.

Life insurance companies must be licensed by state compliance authorities to sell life insurance in a specific American jurisdiction. Therefore, the set of life insurance companies doing business in California is much different than those selling insurance policies in New York. The average term life insurance rate in New York is a direct function of those life insurers licensed to sell life insurance in New York state and which develop premium rates based on distinct actuarial factors, assumptions and claims experience.

This analysis focuses on term life insurance with a 20-year rate guarantee and which is available to women in New York state.