Revocable beneficiaries can easily be replaced by a new name while
irrevocable beneficiaries requires a more complicated legal procedure.
On the other hand, a policy with
an irrevocable beneficiary requires the policyholder to get the current beneficiary's consent before making a change.
Not exact matches
Changing a revocable
beneficiary does not
require the consent of the
beneficiary, while changing an
irrevocable beneficiary does.
Holding assets in an
irrevocable life insurance trust, which
requires talking with the
beneficiaries about it, including the crummy letters, is just good training for future generations.
While many arguments were raised in the courts below, Justice Brown focused the issue on what happens where a support payor dies with a life insurance policy who was
required by court order to name a spousal or child support recipient as the
irrevocable beneficiary of the policy.
In Bielny, the separation agreement
required the insured to name the children of the first marriage as
irrevocable beneficiaries.
In Fraser v. Fraser, the trial judge found on the facts that the terms of the separation agreement
requiring the insured to maintain the plaintiff as
beneficiary were tantamount to an
irrevocable designation.
For example, if the husband is
required to pay support, he may also be
required to obtain a life insurance policy and name his spouse as
irrevocable beneficiary of the policy so that if he dies, the spouse will have sufficient funds for his or her support.
In particular, the question was where a support payor owns a life insurance policy and is
required to name the support recipient as
irrevocable beneficiary of the policy, what rights does the support recipient have to the policy proceeds in the face of a competing claim of another dependant of the deceased payor brought under the Succession Law Reform Act («SLRA»).
If a value - added policy contains a designated
irrevocable beneficiary, converting to LTCSO will
require notarized approval by the designated
irrevocable beneficiary
Once an accelerated death benefit has been paid, the election to request such accelerated death benefit can not be revoked.Consent of an assignee or
irrevocable policy
beneficiary may be
required.
If a policy has an
irrevocable beneficiary, any
beneficiary changes, policy assignments, or cash value borrowing would
require the agreement of the original
beneficiary.
Holding assets in an
irrevocable life insurance trust, which
requires talking with the
beneficiaries about it, including the crummy letters, is just good training for future generations.