Putting Families and Finances First: MetLife Brochures Offer Tips for Estate Planning & Creating a Will
October 27 2003 - 12:53PM
PR Newswire (US)
Putting Families and Finances First: MetLife Brochures Offer Tips
for Estate Planning & Creating a Will NEW YORK, Oct. 27
/PRNewswire/ -- Even though a will provides a number of benefits
for one's family members, a significant amount of individuals still
haven't prepared this important document, which can help protect
families at a time when they'll need it most. In fact, a recent
MetLife survey of widows and widowers found that 46% of their
deceased spouses did not have a will. To help individuals take the
right step towards protecting their families and assets, MetLife
offers its "Planning Your Estate" and "Making a Will" brochures.
These two booklets provide a variety of tips and advice for
approaching these important financial and legal planning issues.
"Planning Your Estate" stresses the importance of estate planning
for everyone, but especially for those individuals with sizable
assets such as real estate, investments, retirement accounts and
life insurance policies that they intend to pass on to future
generations. To help people get started on the right track, this
brochure describes how estate planning can benefit heirs and also
covers important tax issues and regulations. Everyone should have a
will. To better understand these important legal documents, "Making
a Will" can help people learn more about one of the simplest ways
to ensure that funds, property and personal effects will be
distributed according to one's wishes after death. Not only does a
will help ensure that assets are given to family members and
beneficiaries, it can also be used to name a guardian for children.
This brochure offers tips on how to go about preparing a will and
provides descriptions of important details that should be included.
"Planning Your Estate" and "Making a Will" are part of the Life
Advice program, created to help people better understand and manage
major decisions in their lives. Each Life Advice brochure lists
reference sources for additional information. The brochures can be
accessed on the Internet at http://www.lifeadvice.com/. DATASOURCE:
MetLife CONTACT: Karen Eldred of MetLife, +1-212-578-9561, Web
site: http://www.lifeadvice.com/
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