Insurance Companies Increasingly Offer End-of-Life Benefits

More and more group life insurance companies are offering bereavement counseling, estate resolution services, and professional help for funeral planning in addition to the traditional lump-sum payment.  These add-on services cost little to nothing for employers offering group life insurance plans.

See Shelly Banjo, Some Insurers Offer Funeral-Related Services, Wall St. J., May 19, 2009.

Special thanks to Patrick S. Sylvester (Attorney & Counselor at Law, Sylvester Law Firm, PC) for bringing this article to my attention.