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Platform-reported dates are provenance metadata and do not independently prove freshness.","All included platforms evaluated fit, but platformmentions counts only platforms that named the entity during ranking discovery.","Do not resolve conflicting product names, pricing, or capabilities by guessing; describe the conflict and tell buyers what to verify.","The supplied URLs were collected from platform responses and were not independently validated by the writer stage.","Platform-reported research dates differ from the authoritative run date; disclose this as a methodology limitation.","Citations are platform-reported evidence, not independently verified facts. No-search model claims require explicit verification before being described as current facts."],"methodology":{"fit_rating_contract":["strong","good","mixed","weak","uncertain"],"included_valid_platform_count":7,"maximum_finalists":10,"minimum_mentions":2,"name":"Life Insurance Consensus Index cross-platform AI consensus analysis","platforms_included":["anthropic","deepseek","google","grok","kimi","openai","perplexity"],"platforms_queried":["openai","anthropic","deepseek","grok","perplexity","kimi","google"],"stages":["ranking_discovery","fit_assessment","normalization","editorial_synthesis"],"version":"alias-table-1"},"provenance":{"generated_at":"2026-09-21 17:51:21.223866+00","research_date":"2026-09-20","source_snapshot_sha256":"d7fb2feed6c64d7fff14a7445ab6453451dce7ab9c014c70a570788606689c71","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":22,"qualified_finalists":10,"ranking_unit":"Life insurance carrier"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Pacific Life is a good fit for a buyer who wants a predictable lifetime death benefit and does not prioritize cash-value accumulation. All seven AI platforms named Pacific Life during the ranking stage, and it finished first overall with an average listed rank of 1.29. The strongest reason to consider it is PL Promise GUL, a no-lapse guarantee universal life policy with level premiums, a return-of-premium feature, and reported A+ (Superior) financial-strength ratings. 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