Wills, Trusts, and Estates
(C) 1927, James L. Madden
Part of the “Life Insurance: it’s economic and social relations” series.

I do this stuff for a living, and I love antique books. And even for me this is a dry book. What it does exemplify however is the old adage “the more things change, the more they stay the same”. In a textbook on life insurance that’s almost 100 years old we again find material that’s little different than what we see today. Classes of beneficiares, wills, estates, trusts, insurance settlements, and so on. All stuff that with only mildy updating remains relevant today.

Content:
• Wills Trusts and Estates
• Life Insurance Its Economic and Social Relations
• Editor’s Preface
• Preface
• Contents
• Institution of Life Insurance
• Security of Life Insurance
• Basis for Insurance Estate
• Investment Service for Policyholders
• Life Values
• Lump-Sum Settlements
• Maintenance of Insurance Estates
• Optional Settlements
• Combinations and Trend
• Designation of Beneficiaries
• Right to Change the Beneficiary
• Assignments and Commutation
• Limitations
• Insurance Trusts
• Use of Insurance Trusts
• Trust Companies
• The Unnamed Beneficiary
• Wills
• Appendix
• Index