Five reasons why your clients should make a will

Most people know what a will is and how important it is to have one in place, but so few people actually have one because, let's be honest, it's just easier not to bother. All too often only the experience of a serious illness or a family bereavement prompts action. Our own research, conducted by Opinium in 2017, suggests that, overall, only 41% of adults in the UK had made a will and, more worryingly, only 16% of those aged between 25 to 34 and 26% of those aged between 35 and 44 had made one. These are crucial age groups when you consider the likelihood of having dependent children,...