Did your sister have life insurance how to find out if she had a policy and whom got to collect?

Answer 1

Unfortunately if you do not have a company name there is not much that you can do. There are over 500 life insurance companies in the United States alone and calling them all can be quite tasking. The insurance company will not contact the beneficiary when the insured has passed, becasue there is no way of them knowing that the insured is passed unless someone tells them. You can follow the below to possibly find out. If you do find the company, just call them up and have them search from her Social Security number. 1. If you have access to their personal records, go through old bank statements or canceled checks to see if they paid any insurance companies. 2. Did they have a personal lawyer or accountant who may have known about any old policies? 3. Talk with a past employer about any group life insurance policy that may have existed. 4. Get in touch with the Medical Information Bureau. They track all requested medical records by insurance companies for the past 7 years. So, if they took out the policy during this time period, most likely the MIB will know about it. You can find more information about them online. 5. Look at the mail that continues to be delivered after the person's death. If it was a policy that was still being paid for, you'll see premium notices. 6. Look at income tax returns to see if interest dividends on any life policy were claimed. There is no time limit on claiming the benefits of any missing life insurance policy that you are the beneficiary of. It can be 25 years later and the company will still pay you the proceeds.