The Resource Center provides a glossary of insurance terms to help you understand the various insurance wordings that may appear in your quotes, cover notes & policies.
A contract provision found in Industrial Life policies, which permits the insurer to pay a portion of the proceeds of the policy to any relative or person who has possession of the policy, and who appears equitably entitled to such payment. This provision is designed to facilitate payment when some doubt may exist as to who the beneficiary is, and to save legal expenses in the settling of an estate.