If no beneficiary is listed on an insurance policy the proceeds will be paid to the decedent/owner's estate.
If the first person who is listed as the beneficiary does not want the payment it will go to the second person listed. If there is no second person listed it will go to the spouse.
Legally and contractually the named beneficiary is the beneficiary.
A person listed as a beneficiary is the receiver of any proceeds from an insurance policy. They are normally named in the policy document or can be named in a will.
You are entitled to no proceeds from the life policy if the beneficiary or contingent beneficiary is still alive.
The word beneficiary is a noun but is also used as an adjective. Examples: Noun: You are listed as the beneficiary on your Aunt Alice's life insurance. Adjective: The beneficiary result of saving your money is that you can afford that vacation.
For an insurance policy and/or retirement benefits it goes to the beneficiary designated. For a will, there could be grounds to contest it.
Yes, the benefciary overrides a will.
No it is not. The beneficiary information is listed on the policy and with the home office of the insurance company, but there is no reporting of it elsewhere.
Generally, the proceeds will be paid to the named beneficiary. However, the survivor should discuss the situation with an attorney.
Yes
No, an ex-spouse can't collect a deceased husbands insurance if the first wife is listed as beneficiary even if the fist wife is now deceased. The money will go to the beneficiary's heirs.
It will go to the alternate beneficiary, if one is listed if not it will be paid to the estate to be distributed in the same way as any other money in the estate.