London's
Financial Times reports there is a "sea of unclaimed assets
sloshing around the financial system," very conservatively
estimated in 1999 to be worth £77 billion. As in the United
States, the majority of the money comes from unclaimed pensions,
dormant banks accounts, lost securities and uncashed dividends,
forgotten life insurance policies, unredeemed National Savings
Certificates and Premium Bonds; but also included is £300
million in unclaimed National Lottery winnings!
