Surely you know something about it - name of company, where it came from (originated), got the policy?
My mom had a small (widow) life policy thru my Dad's union - it was only for $ 1000 but every year for 31 years, I had to follow that union on where to send the payment because they kept closing/combining offices (financial problems) and never sent any reminders - but I found them every year. So she (actually me as her POA) paid $ 800 over the 31 years for a $ 1000 total payout. LOL Then I had to hunt them down again to get the payout. But most every union has an office in DC and that's where I finally had to go.
If you don't have the policy - you could be out of luck in collecting if they are this hard to find while you are living.
If you find them, cash it in, it is probably pretty old and buy one that is closer to home
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