Insurance companies now offer to cover
funeral expenses under health and personal accident policy.
Not exact matches
«insured person» includes a person who is claiming
funeral expenses or a death benefit
under the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule; («personne assurée»)
Recovering the compensation they are entitled to
under the law including money victims and families need to pay for hospital bills, rehabilitation
expenses,
funeral costs and loss of income if an injury victim can not work or a family's breadwinner is killed in an accident;
Under North Carolina Law, if an employee dies as a result of a work - related accident or injury, or dies as a result of an occupational disease, his or her family may be eligible to receive up to 500 weeks of benefits, up to $ 10,000 in
funeral expenses, and reimbursement for medical
expenses incurred prior to death.
The maximum amount of
funeral expenses that may be reimbursed
under section 91 in respect of an accident occurring on or after January 1, 1996 is $ 2 500.
Funeral and burial
expenses would generally fall
under a wrongful death claim, rather than a survivorship claim.
Law Times explains there are two types of claims that can be advanced
under the FLA, as outlined in s. 61 (2), including pecuniary claims, which are actual
expenses reasonably incurred for the benefit of the person injured or killed, such as
funeral expenses and a reasonable allowance for the loss of income or the value of nursing or housekeeping services.
The likely first thing to consider, which naturally falls
under final
expense insurance, is
funeral expenses.