Military personnel and Department of Defense employees who have Armed Forces Insurance now can obtain life insurance, investments and banking products from the company.

Leavenworth, Kan.-based property-casualty insurer AFI has announced a new partnership with the Armed Forces Benefit Association, whose customer representatives will assist customers with their life insurance needs over the phone or online.

Bill James, vice president of AFT, said the relationship is a “natural fit, since our two organizations share a military legacy and specialize in serving members of the armed forces and their families.”

“Through this alliance, we now can offer our members direct access to AFBA’s life insurance products, and can perform a reciprocal service for AFBA’s members who need auto, home, personal property and umbrella insurance,” James said in a statement.

Founded in 1947, AFBA is a voluntary nonprofit organization that has paid more than $1 billion in death claims to beneficiaries of various military conflicts, including the Korean and Persian Gulf wars, and the terrorist attack on the Pentagon on 9/11.