Putting Families and Finances First: MetLife Brochures Offer Tips for Estate Planning & Creating a Will NEW YORK, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Even though a will provides a number of benefits for one's family members, a significant amount of individuals still haven't prepared this important document, which can help protect families at a time when they'll need it most. In fact, a recent MetLife survey of widows and widowers found that 46% of their deceased spouses did not have a will. To help individuals take the right step towards protecting their families and assets, MetLife offers its "Planning Your Estate" and "Making a Will" brochures. These two booklets provide a variety of tips and advice for approaching these important financial and legal planning issues. "Planning Your Estate" stresses the importance of estate planning for everyone, but especially for those individuals with sizable assets such as real estate, investments, retirement accounts and life insurance policies that they intend to pass on to future generations. To help people get started on the right track, this brochure describes how estate planning can benefit heirs and also covers important tax issues and regulations. Everyone should have a will. To better understand these important legal documents, "Making a Will" can help people learn more about one of the simplest ways to ensure that funds, property and personal effects will be distributed according to one's wishes after death. Not only does a will help ensure that assets are given to family members and beneficiaries, it can also be used to name a guardian for children. This brochure offers tips on how to go about preparing a will and provides descriptions of important details that should be included. "Planning Your Estate" and "Making a Will" are part of the Life Advice program, created to help people better understand and manage major decisions in their lives. Each Life Advice brochure lists reference sources for additional information. The brochures can be accessed on the Internet at http://www.lifeadvice.com/. DATASOURCE: MetLife CONTACT: Karen Eldred of MetLife, +1-212-578-9561, Web site: http://www.lifeadvice.com/

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