Across the United States, billions of dollars in life insurance benefits are sitting in limbo because families never realize a policy exists or do not know how to claim it. Those unpaid benefits can ...

Imagine paying life insurance premiums faithfully for decades, believing your loved ones will be taken care of after you’re gone, only for the payout to never reach them. It might sound unthinkable, ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs announced a bill Thursday that would require insurance companies to review their records as far back as 1996 to ensure that they’ve paid death benefits ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs announced a bill Thursday that would require insurance companies to review their records as far back as 1996 to ensure that they have paid death benefits ...

Many families have experienced the loss of a loved one only to discover later that a life insurance policy existed tucked away in old files, forgotten about or just unknown to the beneficiaries. Life ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner has used his amendatory veto powers to rewrite an unclaimed life insurance benefits proposal backed by the Illinois treasurer. The measure would've required insurance ...