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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.","Company-owned citations materially outnumber independent citations; do not describe company claims as independently verified.","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 13:55:00.104057+00","research_date":"2026-09-20","source_snapshot_sha256":"d8969bb38cd8ecd1b44c622a6c0cce52841986e8c4a5cdab88887033d5f7409b","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":17,"qualified_finalists":9,"ranking_unit":"Life insurance carrier"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Ameritas is a good fit for a buyer seeking Participating Whole Life Insurance with permanent coverage, level premiums, guaranteed cash values, and potential dividends. Two of seven platforms named Ameritas during ranking discovery, at ranks 9 and 6, for an average listed rank of 7.5. The strongest reason to consider it is a mutual-based structure with a long dividend-paying history and four participating whole life designs. 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