Cover
Here are the coverage options available to protect the executors, personal representatives, trustees and beneficiaries:
Please provide details
Include the details of who hasn't been contacted and the risk of a claim that you are concerned about.
Please provide the name(s) and age(s) of the excluded person(s)
What is the financial position of the excluded persons i.e. anything that might encourage them to claim against the estate
Please provide details of these regular payments
Please provide details of the excluded person(s) disabilities and long-term care needs.
How easy would it be for them to find out? Are they in contact with the family?
What responses have been received, and what has the excluded person(s) said about the exclusion?
What are the reasons for Early Distribution?
Please upload a copy of the letter from the testator
If you do not have this to hand, please email a copy of the letter to
[email protected] quoting the reference number you will receive via email at the end of this quote request.
Please provide a copy of the Will
If you do not have this to hand, please email a copy of the letter to
[email protected] quoting the reference number you will receive via email at the end of this quote request.
Please give details of any creditor (or other party) having a claim against the estate
Please provide details of the gift or loan and what action you are taking in terms of repayment or rejection of the claim.
Missing Will Insurance cannot be purchased until this has been done, but you can still purchase other covers.
If you haven't completed a Missing Will Search yet, you can buy this from the National Will Register who will undertake a search of over 10 million registered Wills on your behalf click here to vist their website.
You can get a quote for other insurance policies if you exclude Missing Will Insurance from your quote.
Please provide details of the Missing Will
Please confirm why all necessary documentation hasn't been searched for
Please provide details of the known missing beneficiary and what steps have been taken to find and contact them
A. The proposed Insured is the Executor and/or the Personal Representative for the Deceased’s Estate;
B. The proposed Insured understands that the policy covers UK assets only;
C. The proposed Insured is unaware of any party having a claim against the Estate;
D. The proposed Insured can confirm to the best of their knowledge that the Deceased did not give any regular monetary payments to third parties in the last 3 years and nor are they aware of any party who was financially dependent on the Deceased in that period;
E. If the deceased had a surviving spouse and/or child(ren), the proposed Insured confirms that they will benefit from the Estate;
F. For a testate estate, the Proposed Insured can confirm that whilst a will has been located on the deceased (and an assessment has been performed to confirm the validity of the will), insurance is being put in place to cover the event that an unknown will is located;
G. The proposed Insured can confirm that they have successfully contacted all beneficiaries who are entitled to inherit from the Estate either (i) where they are referenced in a will or, (ii) where they are likely to benefit under the intestacy rules or, (iii) where they have been identified in enquiries raised;
H. A credit and liabilities search (from a credit reference agency registered on the Financial Services Register) will be conducted on the deceased prior to the distribution of the estate, and any liabilities revealed in this report will be settled. The proposed Insured understands that any known creditor or party, identified either in the report or by other means, is excluded from cover;
I. Whilst not a subjectivity of cover, if a gazette notice has been placed, it has (or will) expire before this policy is incepted
J. A comprehensive genealogy report and a family tree has been produced and verified by a specialist provider who has researched at least three stems/generations within the last 12 months, and this did not identify any potential missing beneficiaries and the outcome of the genealogy report confirms there are no further investigations or enquiries required;
J. A family tree has been produced and verified by a specialist provider who has researched at least two stems/generations (England and Wales) three stems/generations (Scotland) within the last 12 months, and this did not identify any potential missing beneficiaries and there are no further investigations or enquiries required;
K. The proposed Insured can confirm that they have carried out all appropriate and necessary checks to locate a Will or a later Will including commissioning an online will search for locating registered wills, a search at local will writers/solicitors/safety deposit boxes near to the deceased’s previous known residences and a search of the deceased’s last known residence(s) including any care homes;
L. On the date the policy is ordered the proposed Insured is not aware of any matter which is likely to give rise to a claim, other than any matter already disclosed to the Administrator.
Have all of the above Statements of Fact been met?
Please provide information on the statements that you disagree with