Consumer advocates are urging life insurance regulators to strengthen death-claim searches, warning that the Death Master File isn't enough.

Across the United States, billions of dollars in life insurance benefits are sitting in limbo because families never realize a policy exists or do not know how to claim it. Those unpaid benefits can ...

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Life insurance is supposed to provide peace of mind, but for some policyholders, it becomes out of sight, out of mind. Policies are stuck in drawers and forgotten. Family members may not know they’re ...

New free tool consolidates 10 search methods, including veterans’ insurance and all 50 state databases, into one guided walkthrough with no sign-up. Since 2016, the National Association of Insurance ...