When combined, the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) can offer a steady stream of ...

Even military families often don’t know what benefits are available to the surviving family of an active-duty service member.

Understanding Social Security survivor benefits is crucial for widows, as claiming early can reduce payments; strategic ...

Widows and widowers need to talk to a human being and get the kind of help personalized to their own situation.

Consumers are being urged to make "binding" death benefit nominations to avoid lengthy legal disputes between family members and loved ones. Here's what you need to do to make sure your wishes are ...

WASHINGTON – Although the National Guard says an Arkansas serviceman died “in the line of duty,” his widow and four children have been denied death benefits on a technicality. Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor ...

Perpetrators of domestic violence and financial abuse can gain access to the superannuation benefits and life insurance proceeds of their victims. A parliamentary inquiry finds super laws should be ...

In wrongful death cases, lost earnings are generally calculated as the past and future wages and benefits the decedent would ...

A Mercer County man admitted last week that he illegally obtained over $256,000 in veterans benefits following the death of his father and mother, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Mark Stratton, ...