Often, we are asked by heirs and others who are blessed to have received a large cash windfall, what, in our opinion having handled such situations over the past thirty years or so, should recipients do with their new found riches.   Not being bankers or wealth advisers, we always refer them to those who […]

  Yesterday, 27 January 2015, was the 70th Anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by Soviet forces, and the occasion is annually marked by the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust .  The United Kingdom’s Telegraph newspaper has an aggregator of stories regarding worldwide Holocaust memorial […]

  If you could be or you have information on her heirs, Heir Hunters International would like to speak with you. Always aware that state vital records before, say 1920, are spotty and inconsistent, particularly for African Americans, our research shows that Mary Moore, an African American, was born in Mississippi about 1871.  As a […]

An article in Bloomberg News serves as an urgent reminder to holders of unclaimed property that November 1st is “the due date for filing annual unclaimed property reports” with state officials.  However, since the 1st of November fell on a Saturday in 2014, the law permits a two day extension or until Monday November 3rd to file […]

According to a report on the web site of KOCO, the ABC affiliate of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma lawmakers will investigate a recent study of the insurance industry which suggests that some companies are lobbying for amendments to stringent disclosure requirements. Currently, many state unclaimed property laws mandate holders of unclaimed property, including life insurance benefits, […]