Is it normal for my husband to have is life insurance split between me and his freind.?

Wow. This is divorce fodder.

The whole idea of life insurance is to create a financial cushion for your loved ones because they will no longer have your income. It will be used to pay off your debts and pay funeral expenses, then what remains helps the widow (and kids, if any) keep their financial footing as long at the money lasts. When it runs out, and it can, easily, even if the wife continues working, financial matters can go bad real fast, resulting in losing houses and cars, being unable to pay for necessary medical and dental work, losing phone, utilities, and all kinds of stuff.

It's not there to provide a pleasant windfall for a long-time buddy. The fact that any of this goes that direction is a serious matter, since the buddy and wife might be enjoying a new house while you're living in your car.

I smell a coccksuckker ..............do anyone else?

Not normal at all. Sounds like he cares about his "friend" a little too much. I'm calling fag. No offense to gay people. I love gay people, just not when they're too much off a puss to come out of the closet and tell their wife.

this is the thinking of an immature man. he has not yet realized the responsibilities of a husband and father.

Assuming he is young and healthy, let him take out a separate policy on his own if he is so determined to "gift" his friend.

I suggest you buy another life insurance policy and make yourself the only beneficiary. Then hire his friend to knock him off

sounds unusual

too bad deal with it lady

Unless they are business partners or like brother si a little weird

While it's not common, it's his choice who his life insurance goes to.

He sounds young and likely doesn't understand long term financial priorities.

It's his choice. You're free to take out an additional life insurance policy on him, with you as the only beneficiary. I can see why you're bugged that he wants to split it with a friend, especially since he didn't seem to have a specific reason for doing so. Apparently he feels you'll be financially okay if he passes.

Bottom line, hope that you never need to use it. A time may come when he changes the beneficiary to just you, you and the kids, or just the kids.

is the insurance through work - I know that the death in service benefit that comes through my work and who it is paid to can be contested and they are not bound to give it to who it has been specified for?