Some policies contain a preference beneficiary clause, or succession beneficiary clause, which states that if the policy owner does not name a beneficiary, then the insurer will pay the policy proceeds in a stated order of preference. For example, a preference beneficiary clause might list the beneficiaries in the following order: the spouse of the insured, if living; then the children of the insured, if living; then the parents of the insured, if living. If no living recipients are available from that list, then the policy proceeds are payable to the estate of the insured. The preference beneficiary clause is found more often in group life insurance policies than in individual life insurance policies.