A. First, you can talk to the agent who helped purchase that life insurance policy for help.
If you want to do it yourself, you can use the NAIC’s tool built for this purpose. Created in 2016, it’s essentially a request form that the NAIC will use to solicit matching info from the databases of participating insurers. It’s helped beneficiaries claim over $765 million!
You will need relevant info needed to fill out the request, usually found on the death certificate. Attached is the FAQs if you want to learn more about filling out the form and what happens next.