My sister-in-law and her husband are alcoholics, I’ve known my S-I-L since I was 13 so she means something to me.
I’m worried that should she die her husband will not have the means to bury her, I’m not sure about bringing this up with my wife (SIL’s sister) but I was thinking that I could take out a life insurance policy the SIL, not a fortune, but enough to have a decent send off should she die.
I’ve heard of Walmart taking out policies on their employees and the Conservative Gov’t had one on Chuck Cadman (yah Harper and Co. are THAT low) but is this a common practice.
I’m not interested in making money, 5-7K dollars (CDN) for a casket/cremation and a service.
You need to have an insurable interest in the person in order to take out a life insurance policy on them. That means you need to demonstrate that you would suffer some kind of financial loss if they die. If you are not a dependent or a spouse or cohabitor, that’s going to be tough to prove.
In most states, you would also need her consent on the policy.