Death Certificates
When filing a life insurance claim should documents be received from the insurance company before sending the death certificate?
Wiki User
2010-02-10 19:08:20
If you want to be sure your claim gets paid, and not denied, get
the death certificate before you send anything to the insurance
company. Many times we see death certificates that state causes of
death, such as "head trauma...due to intoxication", that are not
accurate but will certainly get the claim denied. If you get the
death certificate first you can deal with any issues of improper
reporting. I work at the Center for Life Insurance Disputes and we
help clients collect death benefits.
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