In General. The assignment of an owner's policy means to assign the benefits of an already issued policy from the named insured to another party.
WARNING! This form permanently transfers ownership of your FEGLI insurance to another individual, trustee, or corporation (however, premiums continue to be withheld from your salary/annuity). An assignment is irrevocable, and cannot be changed later.
The assignee of your life insurance policy becomes the nominee and receives the claim benefits, if it arises. The appointed nominee receives the claim benefits if you pass away during the policy period.
The insured needs to either endorse the policy document or make a deed of assignment and register the same with the insurer. A form prescribed by the insurers must be filled and signed. In case of conditional assignment, your reason needs to be mentioned as well.
It's worth noting that an assignee may also be referred to as a beneficiary, depending on the specific terms of the policy. In some cases, the terms "assignee" and "beneficiary" may be used interchangeably, but in others, they may refer to different legal concepts.
In a life insurance assignment, a policy owner transfers his ownership rights of the policy to another party. The original owner is the assignor and the second party is the assignee.
An assignment of life insurance is the transfer of ownership and control of life insurance coverage from the Insured person to one or more persons, firms or trusts. The assignee receives the death benefits when the Insured dies, or may designate someone else to receive those benefits.
Another important right is that of assignment. This is the right of the policy owner to transfer all or part of the ownership in the contract to another party. There are two types of assignment: absolute and collateral.
An assign- ment of a life insurance policy by the insured is immediately effec- tive. The beneficiaries are appointees of the assignee and not of the insured. There is no transfer that becomes effective upon death.