Question: how to find out if you are a beneficiary of a life insurance policy?
Answer: Ask Before Death. If you want to know if someone has made you a beneficiary, ask her. ... 
Weed Through Piles of Paper. If you know your loved one had a policy, but not who the insurer was or where it's hidden, go through the deceased's papers. ... 
Make Contact With the Insurer. ... 
Search Unclaimed Funds.