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lincroft1710

Leblur said:

I have been trying to find any deferred pensions for my brother-in-law, who sadly passed away just before Christmas.
I am quite sure that he had a pension with Radio Rentals/Thorn EMI, but when I email Pension Insurance Corporation (who bought out the pension fund in 2008) they just respond with a box standard, cut-and-paste response referring to my pension details and not regarding my brother-in-laws.
I have registered an account with Gretel, as this has been recommended by MSE, to see if I can get any further with this pension search. Unfortunately, the Gretel website states I must have legal documentation (e.g. Power of Attorney) before I can search for someone else.
Neither myself nor his widow have such documentation, so we are unable to use Gretel, as has been recommended by MSE.
MSE has asked for feedback on Gretel, so I'm reporting this stumbling block here.
Any suggestions?
I am sure I have the correct company for my brother-in-law's pension.

If his widow has a Grant of Probate, that might be acceptable documentation

Leblur

lincroft1710 said:

Leblur said:

I have been trying to find any deferred pensions for my brother-in-law, who sadly passed away just before Christmas.
I am quite sure that he had a pension with Radio Rentals/Thorn EMI, but when I email Pension Insurance Corporation (who bought out the pension fund in 2008) they just respond with a box standard, cut-and-paste response referring to my pension details and not regarding my brother-in-laws.
I have registered an account with Gretel, as this has been recommended by MSE, to see if I can get any further with this pension search. Unfortunately, the Gretel website states I must have legal documentation (e.g. Power of Attorney) before I can search for someone else.
Neither myself nor his widow have such documentation, so we are unable to use Gretel, as has been recommended by MSE.
MSE has asked for feedback on Gretel, so I'm reporting this stumbling block here.
Any suggestions?
I am sure I have the correct company for my brother-in-law's pension.

If his widow has a Grant of Probate, that might be acceptable documentation

No probate required in this instance.

lincroft1710

Leblur said:

lincroft1710 said:

Leblur said:

I have been trying to find any deferred pensions for my brother-in-law, who sadly passed away just before Christmas.
I am quite sure that he had a pension with Radio Rentals/Thorn EMI, but when I email Pension Insurance Corporation (who bought out the pension fund in 2008) they just respond with a box standard, cut-and-paste response referring to my pension details and not regarding my brother-in-laws.
I have registered an account with Gretel, as this has been recommended by MSE, to see if I can get any further with this pension search. Unfortunately, the Gretel website states I must have legal documentation (e.g. Power of Attorney) before I can search for someone else.
Neither myself nor his widow have such documentation, so we are unable to use Gretel, as has been recommended by MSE.
MSE has asked for feedback on Gretel, so I'm reporting this stumbling block here.
Any suggestions?
I am sure I have the correct company for my brother-in-law's pension.

If his widow has a Grant of Probate, that might be acceptable documentation

No probate required in this instance.

So did you BIL die intestate? If so then perhaps a copy of the death certificate and marriage certificate may allow the widow to ask for info.

Leblur

Leblur said:

lincroft1710 said:

Leblur said:

I have been trying to find any deferred pensions for my brother-in-law, who sadly passed away just before Christmas.
I am quite sure that he had a pension with Radio Rentals/Thorn EMI, but when I email Pension Insurance Corporation (who bought out the pension fund in 2008) they just respond with a box standard, cut-and-paste response referring to my pension details and not regarding my brother-in-laws.
I have registered an account with Gretel, as this has been recommended by MSE, to see if I can get any further with this pension search. Unfortunately, the Gretel website states I must have legal documentation (e.g. Power of Attorney) before I can search for someone else.
Neither myself nor his widow have such documentation, so we are unable to use Gretel, as has been recommended by MSE.
MSE has asked for feedback on Gretel, so I'm reporting this stumbling block here.
Any suggestions?
I am sure I have the correct company for my brother-in-law's pension.

If his widow has a Grant of Probate, that might be acceptable documentation

No probate required in this instance.

Also, Power of Attorney ceases to be a legally usable document when the 'donor' passes away. Therefore, Gretel does not appear to be a usable tool for finding lost assets of a deceased loved one, unless probate is applicable.

Leblur

lincroft1710 said:

Leblur said:

lincroft1710 said:

Leblur said:

I have been trying to find any deferred pensions for my brother-in-law, who sadly passed away just before Christmas.
I am quite sure that he had a pension with Radio Rentals/Thorn EMI, but when I email Pension Insurance Corporation (who bought out the pension fund in 2008) they just respond with a box standard, cut-and-paste response referring to my pension details and not regarding my brother-in-laws.
I have registered an account with Gretel, as this has been recommended by MSE, to see if I can get any further with this pension search. Unfortunately, the Gretel website states I must have legal documentation (e.g. Power of Attorney) before I can search for someone else.
Neither myself nor his widow have such documentation, so we are unable to use Gretel, as has been recommended by MSE.
MSE has asked for feedback on Gretel, so I'm reporting this stumbling block here.
Any suggestions?
I am sure I have the correct company for my brother-in-law's pension.

If his widow has a Grant of Probate, that might be acceptable documentation

No probate required in this instance.

So did you BIL die intestate? If so then perhaps a copy of the death certificate and marriage certificate may allow the widow to ask for info.

Yes. My brother-in-law didn't have a will. Everything, which is below the probate level, goes to his widow.

lifeonthewater

regarding tracing lost pensions etc and the suggestion to join Gretel,as they are asking for consent to share your accounts and we are always told don't do this,can anyone confirm if it is safe to do so,positive and negative info would be appreciated!!!!

Druuid

Hi I received a text message from a company called Rimu Capital Ltd letting me know that I had £78,567.23 held in an escrow. Apparently the money is from a third a third party investment platform that reinvested client capital through cryptocurrency related instruments. Following the platform’s liquidation all client funds were transferred into the escrow account for safeguarding.under the the terms of the escrow agreement the account is subject to a 20 year fixed term arrangement. However an option is available to access the funds immediately upon payment of an early release equivalent to 5% of the total escrow balance.

As I don’t have that kind of money available they have said I can pay £1000 and that will release 25% of the escrow and I can use that to pay the remaining £3000 to release the 75% balance of the escrow.

Does this sound like a scam?

I did have a small amount of money in a data driving platform which is no longer available on line so I’m 50/50 as to whether this is legit or a scam.

Rimu Capital Ltd are registered with companies house but not with the FCA

Any advice would be welcome as there doesn’t seem to be a way of tracing an escrow.