{"id":161,"date":"2019-12-30T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philkleininsurance.com\/blog\/?p=161"},"modified":"2019-12-30T21:31:55","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T03:31:55","slug":"who-can-i-name-as-a-beneficiary-on-my-west-bloomfield-mi-life-insurance-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philkleininsurance.com\/blog\/who-can-i-name-as-a-beneficiary-on-my-west-bloomfield-mi-life-insurance-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Can I Name as a Beneficiary on My West Bloomfield, MI Life Insurance Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The beneficiary of your Phil Klein Insurance Group life insurance policy is the person who will receive the policy&#8217;s payout in the event of your death. That payout is often partly used to cover any financial needs associated with your death (i.e. final medical expenses and funeral arrangements)&nbsp;and may partly be used to help the beneficiary move forward. While many have an idea of who will be beneficiary on their life insurance policies, understandably many more have questions about it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Basics of Naming a Beneficiary On Your West Bloomfield, MI Life Insurance Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When establishing your West Bloomfield MI life insurance policy, you&#8217;ll be asked to name two or more people as beneficiaries and then to outline what percentage of each policy payout would each named beneficiary receives. If you only have one person in mind to be a beneficiary, such as an only child, then you may be asked to add what&#8217;s called a contingent beneficiary who will only receive the policy&#8217;s payout if your sole beneficiary is unable to.<\/p>\n<p>Who you choose to name as your beneficiary or beneficiaries will largely depend upon your own unique life circumstances. In general, however, we recommend choosing someone who would be most impacted by you leaving and no longer able to support them. In many cases, this will be a partner who will need financial assistance to help pay things like the mortgage or a child who has not yet established themselves financially.<\/p>\n<p>However, while spouses and children are frequently the beneficiaries of life insurance policies, this isn&#8217;t always true. Some established adults with and without children will choose instead to name a charity they love, sibling, or close friend as their beneficiary.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contact Phil Klein Insurance Group for more information or for help in establishing who to name as your beneficiary.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The beneficiary of your Phil Klein Insurance Group life insurance policy is the person who will receive the policy&#8217;s payout in the event of your death. 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