[WSBAPT] Decedent's Missing/Unknown Life Insurance Policy

[Laird, Katherine]

I would suggest looking at a checkbook register or online bank records for a few years back to see if there was an annual premium paid to an insurer over several years. If the mother is older, she may have written checks. 😉
Good luck,
k



KATHERINE K. LAIRD
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Subject: [WSBAPT] Decedent's Missing/Unknown Life Insurance Policy

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This is a long shot.

Mother passed away.  Daughter recalls mother telling daughter that she had a life insurance policy naming her children (daughter and her sibling brother) as beneficiaries.  When daughter asks mother’s husband (unpleasant step-father) if he is aware of any such policy, he says no.

Has anyone ever dealt with a situation such as this?  Not sure if mother ever did have a policy, or if she perhaps cashed it out, or if she perhaps changed the beneficiaries (from her kids to her second husband, for example).

Is there a way to locate a policy (assuming it does exist) without calling every possible life insurance company?

Thanks,

Jim Dolan

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