In 2008 the California State Controller's Office began an audit of national insurance company practices, revealing an industry-wide practice of companies failing to pay death benefits to beneficiaries. Often, companies would draw down the cash value of the life insurance policy to continue paying premiums, even when they knew or should have known the policy holder had died and the beneficiaries should be paid. The policies then would be canceled -- without notifying the policyholder or their family members.

To protect life insurance policyholders and their beneficiaries, the Controller has led the national effort to end this practice. She is pushing companies to return the full value of old policies to beneficiaries in California. To date the Controller has reached settlements with a growing list of major life insurers.

This search page will allow you to find out if you are the beneficiary of one of those policies by taking the following steps:

To start your search for LIFE INSURANCE SETTLEMENT PROPERTY

• Please select from one of the buttons below
• Enter your Last Name, Business Name, or Property ID in the search field
• Once you click the "search" button, Our database will search for property associated with the information provided. If a match or multiple matches exist, the system will display any matches. If your search results in greater than 500 matches, only the first 500 matches will be displayed.

You can narrow your search by adding your first name, middle initial, or city of residence (these fields are optional). Accounts with more than one name can be searched by either name.