Finding a prepaid funeral plan after death is not straightforward.
eziFunerals provides a free service to help you find details of lost prepaid funeral plan
1. Check through your loved ones’ paperwork for a prepaid funeral plan (or more likely for older people, an insurance policy).
2. For lost prepaid funeral plans, try or TRACE A PREPAID FUNERAL PLAN service. Not all funeral directors who well prepaid funeral plans are members. However, we can cross-check against our members and the list of companies we partner with.
3. At the same time, we can check our customer database to see if your loved one has an account with us. eziFunerals allows our customers to store important documents in a private and secure Dashboard.
4. Check bank statements for payments to prepaid funeral plans, then call them. For prepaid funeral plans, payment may have been a lump sum, many years ago.
How to avoid having a lost Prepaid Funeral Plan
Make sure your family knows about your prepaid plan, whether it be a proper prepaid plan or a life insurance policy, and how to claim on it as doing the wrong thing may invalidate it.
Ensure both you and your family fully understand what is paid for and what is not covered. We are surprised by the number of people buying plans over the phone without seeing the full terms and conditions.
Always have the paperwork with other important documents in a designated folder that the family can find easily.
Never pay for a funeral plan in cash as there is less of a record of payment.
When moving house, tell your prepaid funeral plan provider. The cost may vary in the new area with some plans.
Can I store my prepaid funeral Plan with eziFunerals?
Did you know you can upload and store your prepaid funeral plan and other important end-of-life documents with eziFunerals.
eziFunerals provides a free personal and secure vault to store funeral plans, wills, videos, photographs, and much more. This will help make your family aware that you have specific funeral wishes and other end-of-life documents.
How it works:
1. Create a free customer account.
2. Appoint one or more funeral guardians to carry out your funeral wishes, in the event of your death.
3. Upload important documents, photographs and important records to help your family manage your affairs upon your death.
Peter Erceg
Peter Erceg is the Owner and Founder of eziFunerals. He has had a long history within the funeral industry, and is a published author of ‘What Kind Of Funeral: A self help guide to planning a meaningful funeral’. Prior to eziFunerals, Peter worked in the public sector and health industry for more than 30 years. The views and opinions expressed on posts are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of eziFunerals and members.
