Estate Planning

Beneficiary

Definition

What is Beneficiary?

A person or entity entitled to receive assets, income, insurance proceeds, or trust benefits.

Example in practice

The pension account names a spouse as beneficiary.

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The property, investments, rights, and obligations left by a person at death.

Arranging ownership, beneficiaries, documents, and taxes for incapacity or death.

A legal document directing how a person's estate should be handled after death.

The tendency to feel losses more strongly than equivalent gains.

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