Published on 01/31/2009

Who to contact to claim back Lost Accounts, Lost Pension Plans, Lost Shares and Lost Life Assurance Policies.......

Lost Accounts

There are millions of pounds in forgotten bank and building society accounts all over the country. There are some people you can pay to look for you but it is easy to track this cash by yourself. All you need to do is put your details into a website: www.mylostaccount.org.uk

All building societies have signed up to this service and records go back 100 years. You can track down money in any building society that existed in the past couple of years even if it has been taken over or merged since then.

You can look online to find National Savings and Investments Products: www.nsandi.com

Lost Pension Plans

You may have an old pension plan you’ve lost track of you can start your search at the Pension Tracing Service. www.thepensionservice.gov.uk/tracing or call 0845 6002 537.or you can write to them at: Pension Tracing Service, Tyneview Park, Whitley Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE98 1BA

Lost Shares

If you think you owned shares but can’t remember the details or have lost the paperwork, you can get in touch with the three leading registrars for shares. They will do the search for you and, with any luck, turn up the evidence you need.

Computershare,

Equiniti

Capita

Lost Life Assurance Policies

For life assurance policies, the ABI recommends the Unclaimed Assets Register. It costs £25 to search for life assurance and pension policies. http://www.uar.co.uk/