When one has children and names
a secondary life insurance beneficiary other than their child, that secondary party is the person whom the insured trusts to make sure the money is used to help the child rather than for the beneficiary's own personal gain.
Not exact matches
I don't think I would put them to the average layperson in a small group setting, but to a pastor or deacon, a question or two at a time... for the record, I am a high school grad, have had three jobs in my entire
life (church custodian, newspaper pasteup [pre-computer pagination], and grocery deli clerk), am on SSDI for complications of Marfan's Syndrome, and a Medicare
beneficiary, no
secondary insurance because I am about $ 20 over the income limit for Medicaid.
If a contingent or
secondary beneficiary is not named, the
life insurance proceeds will be paid to the estate of the policy owner by default.
An example of a tertiary
beneficiary for
life insurance would be if you name your wife as the primary
beneficiary, your son as the
secondary beneficiary, and your son's daughter, your grandchild, as the tertiary
beneficiary.
Contingent
beneficiaries, or
secondary beneficiaries, are the people that would receive your
life insurance proceeds in the case that all of your primary
beneficiaries died or were for some reason unable to claim the payout.
This person or entity will receive the
life insurance policy proceeds in the event that both the primary and the
secondary beneficiaries are unable to do so.
If both Jim and Tina became deceased their oldest child would receive the proceeds from the
life insurance policy because their oldest child was chosen by Jim and Tina as the contingent or
secondary beneficiary.
A contingent
beneficiary, also referred to as a
secondary beneficiary, is simply the person named in your policy that will receive your
life insurance death benefit should your primary
beneficiary pass away before, or at the same time as you.
You can also name a tertiary
beneficiary, who would receive your
life insurance payout if both your primary and
secondary beneficiaries were deceased at the time of your passing.
Typically, a
life insurance policy lists two
beneficiaries, a primary and a
secondary beneficiary.
Contingent
beneficiaries, or
secondary beneficiaries, are the people that would receive your
life insurance proceeds in the case that all of your primary
beneficiaries died or were for some reason unable to claim the payout.
If the wife had named her children as
secondary beneficiaries, and the husband and wife died together in a car accident, the children would receive the death benefit from the
life insurance policy on their father.
An example of a tertiary
beneficiary for
life insurance would be if you name your wife as the primary
beneficiary, your son as the
secondary beneficiary, and your son's daughter, your grandchild, as the tertiary
beneficiary.
The
beneficiary clause is a provision in a
life insurance policy that permits the policy owner to name anyone as primary and
secondary beneficiaries.