How To Collect Life Insurance After Death? 
When a person passes away the beneficiary needs to file a death claim with the Life Insurance Company . The most efficient way of dealing with this is going to be to contact the agent who wrote the policy . Hopefully there is a business card attached to the policy . Call the agent and have him/her come out and help you complete the death claim form , they can get it to the company for you . If not in the policy there will be contact information for the insurance company or you can google the company and on the `` contact us '' . The insurance company will send out a claim form , complete it and send it out , you 'll need to provide all the documentation they request to complete your claim . It should n't take more then 45 days for the process . 