Common use of Failure to Designate Clause in Contracts

Failure to Designate. If a Member has failed effectively to designate a Beneficiary to receive the Member’s death benefits, or a Beneficiary previously designated has predeceased the Member and no alternative designation has become effective, such benefits shall be distributed to the Member’s surviving spouse, if any, or if no spouse survives the Member, to the Member’s estate.

Failure to Designate. If a Member Participant has failed effectively to designate effectively a Beneficiary to receive the Member’s Participant's death benefitsbenefits under the Plan, or if a Beneficiary previously designated has predeceased the Member Participant and no alternative designation has become effective, such benefits shall be distributed to the Member’s Participant's surviving spouseSpouse, if any, or if no spouse Spouse survives the MemberParticipant, to the Member’s Participant's estate.

Failure to Designate. If a Member has failed effectively to designate a Beneficiary to receive the Member’s 's death benefits, or a Beneficiary previously designated has predeceased the Member and no alternative designation has become effective, such benefits shall be distributed to the Member’s 's surviving spouse, if any, or if no spouse survives the Member, to the Member’s 's estate.