Steps to make sure your life insurance pays out efficiently to the people you want to support Written By Written by Insurance Staff Writer, WSJ | Buy Side Kimberly Lankford is an insurance staff ...

Have you designated a life insurance beneficiary? Providing for loved ones upon your death remains a priority for many people. That’s why it’s important to choose beneficiaries. Failure to do so could ...

A life insurance beneficiary can be a person, entity or organization you choose to receive the death benefit from your life insurance policy after you pass away. Once your beneficiary receives the ...

If your life insurance beneficiary dies before you, the payout may go to a contingent beneficiary or your estate, depending on how you set up the policy. You can choose how death benefits are ...

One of the biggest myths and misconceptions of estate planning is that a will controls the disposition of all one’s assets at death. This is not the case. Failing to distinguish the difference between ...