Unclaimed Assets Register

The Unclaimed Assets Register is a paid commercial search service that helps executors and individuals trace dormant or forgotten financial assets. It searches a consolidated database of unclaimed life-insurance policies, pensions, share holdings, savings accounts, and investment products held by UK financial institutions that have submitted records to the register. [source: abi/unclaimed-assets-2026-04-30.html]

The service is run independently and charges a per-search fee (typically in the range of £25). Searches return the names of any institutions that hold an unclaimed asset matching the searched person's name and date of birth; the executor then contacts each institution directly to make the claim. The register itself does not pay out funds. [source: abi/unclaimed-assets-2026-04-30.html]

The register is most useful where the deceased had a long working life with multiple employers, multiple bank or building society accounts, or share holdings inherited or accumulated over decades. It complements the free Pension Tracing Service (which covers occupational and personal pensions) and the My Lost Account service run by the British Bankers' Association and the Building Societies Association (which covers dormant bank and building society accounts).

The Association of British Insurers also publishes its own free unclaimed-life-assurance lookup at abi.org.uk; this covers life policies held by ABI member insurers and is the right first stop when searching specifically for life insurance. [source: abi/unclaimed-assets-2026-04-30.html]

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Last verified: 29 April 2026 against ABI — unclaimed assets.