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.
--(1) A transfer or assignment of a policy of insurance, wholly or in part, whether with or without consideration, may be made only by an endorsement upon the policy itself or by a separate instrument, signed in either case by the transferor or by the assignor or his duly authorised agent and attested by at least one ...
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.
For technical legal reasons, all assignments of life policies must be by deed and not by contract. The main practical difference is that a deed requires a witness to the signatures. Unless it is more convenient to do otherwise, the same witness can verify the signatures of both parties.
An assignment of inheritance is a transfer of the right to receive an inheritance from one person (the beneficiary) to another person or entity (the assignee).
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.
When premiums are received prior to the issue date of a policy these premiums will be held in a general account which earns interest. The premiums with interest are credited to the policy. This interest amount is reported on a Form 1099-INT.
Answer: Generally, life insurance proceeds you receive as a beneficiary due to the death of the insured person, aren't includable in gross income and you don't have to report them.
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.