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Washington, DC – When it comes to documenting important financial account and insurance information, six in ten Americans between the ages of 45 – 60 say that they have done this (60%) – on par with other demographic groups included in the survey (LGBT 61%, African Americans 58%, Hispanics 56%). According to the recent online survey conducted by Ipsos on behalf of MassMutual, respondents are most likely to trust their spouse or significant other (58%) with access to this information in the event of an emergency, while about one in five (19%) prefer to trust their children with this information. Roughly one in ten have given access to this information to a brother or sister (9%), while very few say that they have a special friend (3%), a financial advisory (1%), or some other person (5%) who knows how to access that information in the event of an emergency. Another 5% say that they have not yet selected a person to share this information with.

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