"Beneficiary designations" transfer property to beneficiaries after the owner is deceased. They are used for bank accounts, investments, insurance policies and the like. Often people fill them out once, then forget about them. They may not update them for years, or ever. However, life goes on. Divorce, death of a beneficiary, estrangement of family members, children growing up, aging of … [Read more...] about Why Beneficiary Designations are important