Neuroscientists have actually recorded the brain activity of someone as they died, and found that their brain waves at the ...

Phillips & Cohen Associates (PCA), which has spent more than 28 years focused on compassionate deceased account management, ...

Your 401(k) doesn’t just disappear when you die. Here’s how it’s transferred, who gets it, the tax impact, and why beneficiary updates matter more than you think.

t the eastern edge of downtown Charlottesville—past the red-brick pedestrian mall with its bookstores and fudge shops and busking guitarists, beyond the incongruously modern amphitheater, just as the ...

Rajeev Dhir is a writer with 10+ years of experience as a journalist with a background in broadcast, print, and digital newsrooms. Betsy began her career in international finance and it has since ...

Credit cards are designed to be easy to swipe and forget, but they are anything but simple when a cardholder dies. Instead of disappearing, balances, rewards and even the plastic itself are pulled ...

There’s an established playbook for getting one’s affairs in order before death—create a will, name legal guardians, and so on. But there’s also a newer consideration: what will happen to our digital ...

Dear Savvy Senior: I recently had an estate plan drafted, including a will, power of attorney and advance directive, but I’m not sure what to do about all my online accounts – email, banking and ...