Procedures for Filing Claims

Procedures for Filing Claims. Claims may be filed by: A. Funeral homes, cemeteries and other businesses that have provided at-need merchandise and/or services at no compensation or less than full compensation to a deceased who was a Beneficiary under a preneed contract where the seller of said contract is insolvent or is no longer in business and has not transferred its book of business to another provider for the assumption of that liability; B. The surviving family member or legal representative of a decedent who was a Beneficiary under a preneed contract where the seller of said contract’s trust is insolvent; C. The Beneficiary of a preneed contract who is still living where the seller of said contract’s trust is insolvent; and D. Any person(s) who signed an at-need contract as the responsible party and fulfilled the contract payment obligations for funeral or cemetery merchandise or services for a covered contract beneficiary as determined by the Association. Claims must be filed by completing the appropriate Preneed Loss Recovery Association Claim Form which is available on the Mississippi Secretary of State’s website at www.sos.ms.gov.