DEATH CLAIMS; INTIMATION OF DEATH
The death of the life assured has to be intimated in writing to the insurer. It can be done by the Assignee or nominee under the policy or from a person representing such Assignee or Nominee or when there is no nomination or assignment by a relative of the life assured, the employer, the agent or the development officer. Where policy is assigned to a creditor or a bank for valuable consideration, intimation of death may be received from such assignee. (more information about life insurance ).
Sometimes, the office need not wait till the intimation of claim is received. The concerned agent, newspaper reports in case of accidents or air crashes, obituary columns may give information and claim action can be started. However, the identity of the deceased should be established carefully.
The intimation of the death of the life assured by the claimant should contain the following particulars:
(1) his or her relationship with the deceased,
(2) the name of the policyholder,
(3) the number/s of the policy/policies,
(4) the date of death
(5) the cause of death and
(6) sum assured etc.
If any of these particulars are missing the claimant can be asked to furnish the same to the insurer. (read more about life plan and life cover ).
The intimation must satisfy two conditions:
(1) It must establish properly the identity of the deceased person as the life assured under the policy,
(2) It must be from a concerned person.