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Other riders increase the value of the death benefit.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
This insurance would be held outside their estate, and the income tax-free death benefit could be used to pay the taxes on the remaining IRA their children will inherit or simply serve as a direct inheritance for their children, tax-free.
—Jamie Farmer, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Accidental death benefit rider: An additional cash benefit to your beneficiaries in the event of an accidental death.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
Department of Justice Erin Smith became a public advocate for line-of-duty death benefits for law enforcement officers who died by suicide after the January 6 attack.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 17 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1867, in the meaning defined above
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“Death benefit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20benefit. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
Legal Definition
death benefit
noun
: money payable to the beneficiary of a deceased as a benefit (as under a policy of life or accident insurance or a pension plan)
Note: The right to death benefits is generally terminated in cases of fraud, as when an insured commits suicide after purchasing a policy or when the beneficiary murders the insured.
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