Usually paid up IB policies will be claimable as long as you can provide the policy document and proof the policy has become paid up for a reduced sum assured.
a Premium receipt book might also help you out, i work for a well known insurance company who have a closed book department which deals with these types of policies every day. as long as the policy hasn't been paid out previously there should be money owed.
The owner of the policy can change the beneficiary of the policy. If the original beneficiary has died before the insured, the owner of the policy can designate a new beneficiary at any time.
The beneficiary of a life insurance policy is designated when the policy is taken out. After that the policy owner (usually the insured but now always) can change the beneficiary by completing a change of beneficiary form. The company processes the change then sends you an amendment showing the change. Normally you put this amendment with the policy as it becomes part of the policy. If the policy owner kept their records straight then you could look at the policy and see the latest amendment to find out who the current beneficiary is. If your not sure the policy is kept up to date you can contact the company and see who the latest beneficiary is on the policy.
No. The beneficiary is whoever is specifically named on the policy.
Anyone the policy owner names can become the beneficiary.
Anyone the policy owner names can become the beneficiary.
You are entitled to no proceeds from the life policy if the beneficiary or contingent beneficiary is still alive.
When the policy holder dies, the money goes to the beneficiary. If the beneficiary then dies, THEIR beneficiary then gets the money.
If an insured has a policy where there is no named beneficiary, or the named beneficiary is deceased, then the benefit will be paid to the insured's estate.
The purchaser of an insurance policy names the beneficiary.
Yes, if you are the owner of the policy you can make any changes you wish as far as beneficiary or ownership.
The beneficiary of a life insurance policy is the person or entity designated by you when you apply for the policy and when it is issued by the insurer.
If the beneficiary of a policy has died, the estate of the beneficiary can still collect the insurance payment, assuming that the beneficiary does have an heir or heirs of some kind (as most people do). Note that this is a fairly unusual situation, because normally when a beneficiary dies, a new beneficiary is named. There is no reason to allow the policy to have no living beneficiary, unless the insured and the beneficiary happen to die at about the same time, and there is no time to name a new beneficiary.