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Beneficiary Change
Request Instructions
Best Practices for BENEFICIARY Form Completion
ALTERATIONS
Please keep in mind that any alterations made on the form (even if initialed) will delay approval of your
request. If alterations are made, a new form without alterations will be required.
Alterations may cause a question to the validity of the request at time of claim.
To ensure your wishes are honored without delay, we will send you a new set of service forms to ensure your
wishes at time of claim can be expedited.
LOCATING BENEFICIARIES – Providing the SSN, date of birth, and address of each designated beneficiary ensures
we are able to locate and validate the beneficiary at the time of claim.
TRUST – When naming a trust as beneficiary, provide the full name of the trust and the trust date.
Note: If the trust is the owner of the policy, the trust must be the beneficiary.
FUNERAL HOME – We discourage naming a funeral home as beneficiary because 100% of the proceeds would be
payable to the funeral home regardless of the bill.
In addition, if services take place at a different funeral home, we would still be required to pay the funeral home as
designated.
Please contact us to discuss options to secure your wishes.
RELATIONSHIPS – Please note, we cannot accept relationships such as caregiver, guardian, attorney-in-fact,
banker, trustee, executor, etc., because they may not be acting in that capacity at time of claim.
DISTRIBUTION REQUESTS – Distribution requests must be within the same class designation and add to 100%.
We cannot accept dollar amounts as the death benefit could be reduced by withdrawals such as loans, dividends,
and premium payments due.
CHANGING/CORRECTING NAMES – Complete Section B for any changes you wish to make to individuals named
on the existing policy record due to marriage, adoption, spelling, or legal name changes; and provide the requested
identifying data.
Please note: Section B is not for changing the actual individual on record to a different individual.
LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES – If a power of attorney or guardianship is involved, the signature must include the
legal title following the signature. Please submit the legal documents to show the authority for making these
changes, including a court order authorizing change if a guardianship is involved.
DATING FORM – We must have full current dates (month/day/year); incomplete dates, no dates, or
post/advanced dates will result in delaying approval of your service request.
The dates on the service forms, just like the signatures, validate the requests made by you and the new policy
owner.
Be sure to return the form for processing using one of the methods below:
Mailing Address:
PO Box 1119 Cincinnati, OH 45201-1119
Faxing:
513-629-1530
E-mail
wspsforms@wslife.com