A judge can decide.
Primary and Secondary
primary and secondary
If the insurance company accepted the policy, and unless there are specific provisions for dividing the benefit, it will be equally divided between the three beneficiaries.
Yes, you can have multiple primary beneficiaries, and contingent beneficiaries.
The person, company or trust that is specified under "Beneficiaries" section in the insurance policy will receive the life insurance benefits. If the beneficiaries are more than one, the benefit is split according to policy details, or policy schedule pages.
The beneficiaries on your life insurance policy will receive the life insurance benefits. Please make sure your policy is updated with the correct beneficiaries. Many people forget to update their life insurance policy after divorce, or any other major life event and unfortunately the ex-husband or ex-wife receives the benefits. If all the beneficiaries named on the policy are deceased, then the benefit will go to the insured's estate (which may or may not go to the deceased children. The only way to ensure that the benefits are going to the intended person(s), is to update your insurance policy's beneficiaries.
If no beneficiaries are named on a life insurance policy, or all named beneficiaries are deceased, then benefits will be paid to the insured's estate.
Beneficiaries are entitled to 100% of the policy. They can share it with other family members if they want.
The owner generally has the right to transfer ownership of the policy, borrow against accumulated cash value, change beneficiaries, cancel the policy, convert the policy to another one that the company offers at the time of the desired conversion, change the amount of insurance, and exercise options to increase the amount of insurance. There may be other rights that inure to the owner, and they will be enumerated in the policy. There may also be limitations on the rights of the owner, such as, pertaining to the right to change beneficiaries.
How do I get information on a pay out on my fathers insurance policy made on July 2012, where all 5 siblings were named beneficiaries .
Not automatically. The policy holder would have to make any changes they wanted to on the beneficiaries personally. Otherwise the staus quo holds true.
Sue her and the life insurance company that paid her.