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September 06, 2011 at 08:00 PM
U.S. consumers are telling pollsters they tell life insurance policy beneficiaries about the policies.
Nationwide Financial Services Inc., a unit of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Columbus, Ohio, has reported that finding in a summary of results from a recent online survey of 805 U.S. life policy owners.
About 91% of the policy owners said the policy beneficiaries know they are beneficiaries, and 70% of the owners said they are confident that the beneficiaries would know how to file a claim.
About 53% of the owners said they have told the beneficiary about the policy death benefit, and 20% have told the beneficiary the name of the insurance agent who sold the policy.
