Guaranteed Rights of a Policy Owner
Q:Did you know that a life insurance policy is legally protected as personal property and the policy holder has the guaranteed right to transfer ownership and receive compensation in return?
A: In 1911, United States Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes established the constitutional right of a policy owner to manage and sell their ownership interest in a life insurance policy without limitations-- and at the highest possible value. In this landmark decision, one of the greatest legal and literary minds in our nation’s history guaranteed that all policy owners have the right to:
- Name the policy beneficiary
- Change the beneficiary designation
- Sell the policy to another party
- Assign the policy as collateral for a loan
- Borrow against the policy