Although private investigators do obtain assignments concerning a murder investigation, the great majority of death investigations come from insurance companies and involves death claims in which murder is not present.  It is a rare case that involves a murder and even when this is the case, the private investigator is almost never called upon to determine "Who Did It".

Instead of investigating “Who did” and “What” in a homicide case, the investigator will more likely be concerned with the development of facts that have to do with whether or not the insurance company will pay the claim. A great deal of such assignments are routine checks.

The majority of non contestable death claim investigations, will center around three areas of investigations. The confirmation of death and other routine checks are handled by an investigator. In order to work in this field, the investigator will be required to complete these kinds of assignments, so as to obtain more challenging assignments in future.


The three areas of investigations for a standard death claim case are: