Ideally, you would know if you're the beneficiary of a loved one's life insurance policy and have all the information you need to file a claim. That's not always the case, however: More than a billion ...

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Les Masterson is a deputy editor and insurance analyst at Forbes Advisor. He has been a journalist, reporter, editor and content creator for more than 25 years. He has covered insurance for a decade, ...

An untold number of life insurance policies worth millions of dollars go unclaimed every year because loved ones either fail to file a claim or the policy itself is lost or forgotten. When a family ...