[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by sm_counsell

I have just had a rather touching experience. I received a substantial cheque from Prudential for a penny policy taken out by my mum in the forties.
I had no idea about this until a couple of years ago when my brother received notification from the insurance company about a policy in his name. My mum must have stopped paying in years ago and there was certainly no paperwork among her things.
I said, 'touching' because she has been dead for over 17 years but has still managed to help me out once again!.
It seems that there is still quite a bit of money to be claimed on these policies so I thought I'd post this link for anyone who is interested. I know Prudential had lots of customers in Ossie and Accrington so perhaps some of you might be lucky.
As I said I had no paperwork so I just sent off my family details.
Good luck!
The policies that time forgot | This is Money

That newspaper article is near 13 years old, I remember when my mother died, my sister gave me an old policy, can't remember which firm it was now, but how do you go about searching for such things.