Once you apply for a life insurance policy there are some important features and benefits you should apply for. Like the most important benefit is the nomination facility. It is an important and mandatory feature of the policy. There is another feature called Assignment offered in the policy. Let us look at the importance between the two features.

Nomination is a benefit where in case of death of the policy holder the funds are given to beneficiary (nominee), whose name is mentioned by the policyholder while enrolling for the policy. The policyholder has the option to change the nominee at any time during the term of the policy. If you want the proceeds to be given to the nominee make sure the name and details are mentioned correctly. The details of the nominee required are his name, age, address and his relationship with the policyholder

Assignment, is when the policyholder wants to give another person the rights of the policy , this is done through a deed and the insurer need to be given a notice for the same. The policyholder is called the assignee and the person who he appoints is called the assignor. Here the assignee has the complete power and title of the policy. He can make decisions like surrendering the policy or even reassign the policy. This assignment must be known to the insurer through a notice and should be in writing.

As are long-term contracts and their benefits are more complicated as they depend on the occurrence of pre-defined insured events. Nomination is a choice which the policyholder has to allow the proceeds of the policy to be given to the nominee incase of his death.

The nominee can be changed by the policyholder during the term of the policy. For women, they may keep changing their nominees according to the various phases in their lives. Like, when they are single their parents would be the nominee, when married the name can be changed to their husbands and there after to their children. You can hence change your nominee any time during the period of the policy. The nominee may not necessarily be related to the policyholder. If the policyholder wants to change the nomination he just needs to fill a form given by the insurer and give the details of the new nominee.

A policyholder has a choice to appoint as many nominees as he wishes and mention their shares for the proceeds accordingly. Remember always to make sure you appoint a nominee while applying for the policy. This feature will help your loved in an unforeseen event of death of the policyholder.