Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 8504 (2026)
Insurance policies.
✓ current as of May 2026
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§ 8504. Insurance policies.
Where the insured and the beneficiary in a policy of life or accident insurance have died and there is no sufficient evidence that they have died otherwise than simultaneously, the proceeds of the policy shall be distributed as if the insured had survived the beneficiary.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2015–2015 · leading case: Est. of: Boris Krichmar, Dec'd. (Pa. Super. Ct. 2015).
Est. of: Boris Krichmar, Dec'd. (Pa. Super. Ct. 2015). “20 Pa.C.S. § 8504. Accordingly, the orphans’ court ruled that the life insurance proceeds were an asset of Boris’ estate.”
Est. of: Valeriy Krichmar Appeal of: Krichmar, G (Pa. Super. Ct. 2015). “Furthermore, we instructed the orphans’ court to consider the applicability of the Simultaneous Death Act, 20 Pa.C.S. § 8504, without reference to Conti’s testimony unless presented by a party with standing.”
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