TAMPA (FOX 13) -
It's safe to say all of
us would hate to lose out on any money we're owed, but Consumer Reports says it
might be happening more than you think.
And we don't even know
it.
For its February issue,
Consumer Reports found a staggering amount of people who still have unclaimed
life insurance benefits.
The total: About $1
billion. And it's just waiting for people to claim it.
The average claim is
about $2,000, with some payouts as high as $300,000.
The magazine calculates
the odds of some of that money belonging to you are about 1/600. You can do an
online search to find out if any unclaimed money belongs to you.
Here are some helpful
links:
Free government search:
http://www.missingmoney.com/
How to find a missing
life insurance policy: http://www.acli.com/Consumers/Life%20Insurance/Pages/Missing%20Policy%20Tips.aspx
Check individual
policies around the country: http://www.unclaimed.org/
