Life insurance policies sometimes get lost. Here's how to find them.

An increase in scams tied to unclaimed life insurance policies has led the Palm Beach Police Department to issue a public warning. In a July 23 alert, the department warned that scammers are ...

Lost or forgotten life insurance policies are very common in the U.S. It’s estimated that more than $7 billion in benefits from unclaimed life insurance policies are waiting to be claimed by their ...

Imagine paying life insurance premiums faithfully for decades, believing your loved ones will be taken care of after you’re gone, only for the payout to never reach them. It might sound unthinkable, ...

The Social Security Administration maintains the only federal database that insurers are required to periodically check for deaths. Issues with the database, however, have resulted in millions of ...

Police say scammers are falsely identifying as lawyers and telling victims they are entitled to share a deceased person's policy. Residents are urged to call police if they are contacted by scammers.