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Common beneficiary mistakes can prove costly
Original: Personal Finance: Common beneficiary mistakes can be costly
A personal finance column warns that beneficiary designation mistakes on retirement accounts, insurance policies and other financial products can be expensive for families. Common errors include naming outdated beneficiaries after divorces or deaths, failing to update forms, and forgetting contingent beneficiaries. Because beneficiary forms typically override wills, experts urge people to review designations regularly and after major life events.
Why now: Beneficiary designation errors are a recurring personal finance topic that can cause families to lose inheritances, prompting advice coverage.
Evidence
- Personal Finance: Common beneficiary mistakes can be costly · Chattanooga Times Free Press
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