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Windsor life

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We have just found a cheque dated 13/3/2000 for £1198.12 from Windsor life assurance company ltd. is there anyway We can get them to renew this cheque so we can cash it in. I can’t find any email address for them

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  • clive0510
    clive0510 Posts: 890 Forumite
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    you wont find email address for them. they acquired national mutual life in the 90s. then some years later windsor life itself was taken over by reassure, with whom I have the majority of my private pension invested.
  • dunstonh
    dunstonh Posts: 119,599 Forumite
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    This is not a sort of enquiry that would be suitability dealt via email.  This is more of a letter style enquiry.
    I am an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA). The comments I make are just my opinion and are for discussion purposes only. They are not financial advice and you should not treat them as such. If you feel an area discussed may be relevant to you, then please seek advice from an Independent Financial Adviser local to you.
  • clive0510
    clive0510 Posts: 890 Forumite
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    dunstonh said:
    This is not a sort of enquiry that would be suitability dealt via email.  This is more of a letter style enquiry.
    yes but I think maybe the o/p was attempting to get their address or phone number via email or website, so they could contact them to see what the score is as regards the cheque. 
  • Old_Lifer
    Old_Lifer Posts: 780 Forumite
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    'We have just found a cheque' .   Is the cheque something you have found following the death of a relative?   Have you found any other documentation from the Life Office?   

    Do not automatically  assume there is money to be had here.    If  someone was expecting a   cheque  and  it hadn't arrived   they would  usually query the non-payment within a couple of weeks or so,   a 'stop' would be placed on the cheque  and a few days later, a new cheque would be issued .       If the original turned -up later  it would have no value..

    If  someone on the Forum can give you a contact address,  may I suggest  that you write a letter as suggested by   dunstonh  .   Your letter should  state  the full name and date of birth  of the relative and the policy nimber if you know it  and you should state the name of the Life Office  which issued the cheque.     When your letter arrives ,  it may take some time  before it reaches the right person.

    Since the cheque was issued over 20 years ago,   it is quite possible that records no longer exist.

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