If you've been a long time fan or client of wt360 you know we called for the coldest Summer in 5 years and wet-no drought in our forecast for the Eastern half of the U.S. this Summer. Hopefully that gives you a little hope that they can be totally wrong and not to panic on the Winter just yet.
A beneficiary is the person or entity you name in a life insurance policy to receive the death benefit. If you donât name a beneficiary, the death benefit will be paid to your estate. Two âlevelsâ of beneficiaries. Your life insurance policy should have both âprimaryâ and âcontingentâ beneficiaries. The primary beneficiary gets the death benefits if he or she can be found after your death. Contingent beneficiaries get the death benefits if the primary beneficiary canât be found.
A contingent beneficiary is the person or thing that receives the benefits of your account if the primary beneficiary can not. Think of contingent beneficiaries as a back-up plan.When you invest in a beneficiary-named financial account, such as an Individual Retirement Account, 401(k) , insurance policy or trust, you name the person or people you want to receive the assets in the account should you pass away. These are primary beneficiaries.r you could name your spouse as primary beneficiary of 50% of the account, with the two kids each named 25% primary beneficiaries. You could name a nonprofit charitable organization as your primary or contingent beneficiary, although you will likely have to talk to an account representative about how to do that.