death Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/death/ North Devon's Leading Wealth Managers Tue, 28 Jan 2025 15:52:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.miltonpj.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PJMCO-Site-Image-4-100x100.png death Archives - Philip J Milton & Company Plc https://www.miltonpj.net/tag/death/ 32 32 Don’t become trapped in limbo with estate planning https://www.miltonpj.net/2025/01/29/estate-planning-stuck-in-limbo/ Wed, 29 Jan 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=11633 One of the more common financial ‘problems’ that we see all too often is the fallout from administering an estate when someone passes away. That’s not to say there is any strife within the family or a dispute over the estate but simply that the process is excruciatingly slow and really does not need to […]

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]]> Probate delays adding extra costs for bereaved families https://www.miltonpj.net/2023/07/13/probate-delays-costing-families-money/ Thu, 13 Jul 2023 13:13:02 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10759 Families are seeing potential extra costs due to delays of up to several months before probate is granted after a death – but there are some things you can do to keep the costs down. A grant of probate is a legal requirement for anyone handling the estate of a deceased person, before any inheritance […]

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]]> Funeral plans to finally be regulated by the FCA https://www.miltonpj.net/2022/08/05/pre-paid-funeral-plans-regulated/ Fri, 05 Aug 2022 12:38:29 +0000 https://www.miltonpj.net/?p=10218 Pre-paid funeral plans are finally and at long last being regulated following legislation passed by Parliament. As of July 29, the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) will regulate these plans and is authorising 26 providers. It is understood that together these firms hold about 1.6million plans, which makes up 87% of the market. Regular readers of […]

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