Unclaimed Life Insurance Becomes New Concern for the Government
Monday, May 9th, 2011With unclaimed money growing at an alarming rate, unclaimed life insurance has become a new source of influx into the state treasuries. The unclaimed life insurance money does not stay with the insurer indefinitely and is eventually transferred to state unclaimed property divisions. Most of the states are mandated by law to publish information on Web sites or in local newspapers.
A few insurance companies have their own websites that list unclaimed life insurance policy amounts. Once these unclaimed life insurance monies are in the dormant state for a long time, they are transferred to the escheat funds of the states to be utilized for the state welfare programs.