After you pass away, your Federal Employee’s group life insurance benefits will be paid to named beneficiaries or entities in a specific order of precedence, which is as follows: If you transferred ownership of your policy, benefits would be paid to the following: The beneficiary named by your assignee Assignee if there’s no named beneficiary If you didn’t transfer ownership, but there’s a valid court order: OFEGLI will comply with the court order and pay benefits accordingly If there’s neither assigned ownership nor a valid court order, benefits will be paid to: The beneficiary you designated on your policy Your widow or widower, if you didn’t name a beneficiary Your children (the share for any deceased child will be paid out to their children) Your parents (if none of the above exists) Your estate’s executor if none of the above exists Your other next of kin, as determined according to your state’s laws