How to designate beneficiaries at UnitedHealthcare
Covers 8 insurance accounts — beneficiaries can be managed online
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Life Conversion Facility (HRMP)
HRMP, Life Conversion Facility, 300 Rosewood Drive, Suite 250, Danvers, MA 01923
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For UnitedHealthcare policyholders, estate planning comes down to one critical step: making sure the right beneficiaries are named on every policy. Insurance proceeds bypass probate entirely and go directly to whoever is listed—regardless of what a will says. When estate tax planning or controlled distributions are a factor, a trust can be named as beneficiary instead.
The transfer rules at UnitedHealthcare vary across 8 policies. Below is a breakdown of beneficiary options, trust funding, and which products support each method.
Required Documents
- Trust name, date established, and tax ID (EIN or SSN)
Special Requirements
- Health, Medicare Advantage, Part D, and Medicare Supplement plans carry no beneficiary designation and no death benefit. Do not attempt to name a beneficiary or a trust on health coverage.
- Beneficiary designations are held by the employer/plan administrator as the group policyholder.
- A trust may be named as the beneficiary of group term life and AD&D coverage.
- Beneficiary designations control who receives the death benefit and are separate from instructions in a will.
- Dependent life coverage generally names the employee as beneficiary.
- The employer, not UnitedHealthcare, is responsible for keeping employee beneficiary designations current under the group policy.
Sources
Data sourced from UnitedHealthcare primary sources (11 pages reviewed). How we research.
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UnitedHealthcare Member Services
Life Conversion Facility (HRMP)
HRMP, Life Conversion Facility, 300 Rosewood Drive, Suite 250, Danvers, MA 01923
UnitedHealthcare Member Services — report a member's death (health coverage)
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