Rise in Will Making During Lockdown
The pandemic has seen a sharp spike in the number of people making a will, with a close correlation between news events and future planning. Before the global Covid crisis it was reported that around two thirds of British adults did not have an up-to-date will, so while we’d rather the circumstances were different, it is encouraging that more people are taking their future planning more seriously and protecting themselves and their family should the worst happen. Online and telephone will making services reported an increase in enquiries of over 200% in 2020, particularly by people under the age of 35, with a 300% rise in will-writing by millennials and gen-Zs. The most popular date for making a will was ...