Nice windfall.

[tiger]

A few weeks ago DH received a letter from Prudential regarding a policy that might belong to him. He had to answer questions regarding his date of birth and where he was living in the year he was born.
After making sure all the contact details matched the ones we have for Prudential, he answered the questions and sent off the proof of ID they wanted.
He's just received a cheque for almost £1,800. As you can imagine, that's a fantastic amount to receive just out of the blue in these difficult economic times.
Presumably it was a policy his mother had taken out and he never knew about.

[clockwatcher]

Glad to hear someone's been doing their homework.

[rainbow]

Wow, that's fantastic tiger! Gold star to the Pru for tracking your DH down. :clap2:

[tiger]

He's got a small pension from the Pru and they matched his details from that.

[tyroleandancer]

Fantastic Tiger :)
Martin was talking about reclaiming lost money on GMTV this morning

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/reclaim-lost-assets-free

[holliemon]

Brilliant news - wonder what would have happened if he did not have a pru policy!

[zoot]

Excellent news Tiger. Really pleased for you.

[tiger]

Brilliant news - wonder what would have happened if he did not have a pru policy!


That's a good point. I just mentioned that to him so he's going to phone both his brothers in case there a policy belonging to them as well.

[Grace & Favour]

Great news Tiger . . . rather pleased for you both . . . .

Now then - I make it about 1,440 sacks of onions from your local emporium . . . .

[tiger]

Great news Tiger . . . rather pleased for you both . . . .

Now then - I make it about 1,440 sacks of onions from your local emporium . . . .

Yes, it probably would be but I think we'll maybe treat ourselves to something a bit better than that. :)
DH was only saying the other day that we needed to save some spending money for our holiday this year.

[maiden scotland]

fantastic news http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/froehlich/a115.gif

[NitWit]

WTG Tiger. Any plans for it or just going to keep it just in case?

Fantastic Tiger :)
Martin was talking about reclaiming lost money on GMTV this morning

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/reclaim-lost-assets-free

Thanks for the link.... might be worth a look into :)

[tiger]

It's going into savings for now Nitwit.
We'll draw some for the holiday spending but the rest will stay there for a rainy day.

[shoppaholic45]

Thats great news tiger

[BritBrat]

Sorry I don't like links to links, I prefer direct links.

Bank Accounts, Savings and Premium Bonds.
mylostaccount.org.uk (http://www.mylostaccount.org.uk/aboutus.htm)

Pension and Investment Products
Pension Tracing Service (http://www.pensionsservice.gov.uk/atoz/atozdetailed/pensiontracing.asp)

Unit trusts.
Investment Management Association (http://www.investmentuk.org/about/contact.asp)

Investment trusts.
Association of Investment Companies (http://www.itsonline.co.uk/)

Life insurance policies. (Warning: Not free. You're charged a fixed fee, currently £18.)
The Unclaimed Assets Register (http://www.uar.co.uk/)

[pammy]

wow thats fantastic news out of the blue!

[lizzie18]

wow fab !!!! what you going to spend it on ? x

[lizzie18]

never mind just seen above post - happy saving x

[justme]

Thats great news.

I've put a couple of claims in via mylostaccount.org.ok a few weeks back for lost bank accounts and lost premium bonds.

[colman]

nice one tiger thats great...
OH got a nice letter yesterday too, saying that a loan he had repaid early (2 years ago) the interest had been calculated incorrectly so he had paid back to much. They sent him a cheque for £121 which included interest at 8% which was a result...

[zoot]

Thats great news.

I've put a couple of claims in via mylostaccount.org.ok a few weeks back for lost bank accounts and lost premium bonds.

hope you get some good news soon too!

[tiger]

That's nice Colman. It seems even better when you aren't expecting it.
DH's payment incuded over £400 interest so the policy must having lying around for some years.

[Maverick]

Thats some good news, nice to hear. Fab!