{"id":277,"date":"2018-07-30T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.think-ins.com\/blog\/?p=277"},"modified":"2018-07-24T14:03:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T20:03:22","slug":"who-should-be-your-life-insurance-beneficiary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.think-ins.com\/blog\/who-should-be-your-life-insurance-beneficiary\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Should be Your Life Insurance Beneficiary?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Obtaining a life insurance policy from THINK Insurance &amp; Financial Services in Pomona, CA is the first step toward establishing a financial foundation for the future. The next step is naming a beneficiary. Your beneficiary will receive the proceeds of your policy upon your demise. Here are a few aspects to consider when selecting a life insurance beneficiary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spouse and Family<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you&rsquo;re married and have children, your primary responsibility is to your immediate family. Naming your spouse and kids as beneficiaries provides them with financial support to carry on after you&rsquo;re gone. Proceeds from your policy can be used to pay the bills, liquidate debts, cover childcare and medical expenses and more, giving your spouse time to plan for the future.<\/p>\n<p>Even without children, your spouse will need financial assistance after you&rsquo;re gone, especially if you were the main breadwinner of the family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If your parents helped co-sign your private student loans or loaned you money for a down payment on your home, you may want to name them as co-beneficiaries with your spouse to help repay their generosity. &nbsp;This alleviates your parents of the financial burden of these outstanding debts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Minor Children<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a single parent, you may want to name your minor child or children as beneficiaries of your life insurance policy. If so, be sure to designate a trusted custodian to help manage these funds until your kids come of legal age to make decisions on their own. You can also place these funds in a trust for your children to be distributed at a designated time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Siblings\/Close Friends\/Charity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other considerations for beneficiaries include siblings, close friends, business partner or your favorite charity for which you&rsquo;d like to provide financial support.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on choosing a beneficiary or life insurance options and costs, contact THINK Insurance &amp; Financial Services in Pomona, CA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obtaining a life insurance policy from THINK Insurance &amp; Financial Services in Pomona, CA is the first step toward establishing a financial foundation for the future. The next step is naming a beneficiary. Your beneficiary will receive the proceeds of your policy upon your demise. Here are a few aspects to consider when selecting a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[8,9],"class_list":["post-277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insurance","tag-pomona-ca","tag-think-insurance-financial-services"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.think-ins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.think-ins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.think-ins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.think-ins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.think-ins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.think-ins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278,"href":"https:\/\/www.think-ins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions\/278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.think-ins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.think-ins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.think-ins.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}