Protection and a single view for our personal accounts and digital assets The primary reason why many people consider using a password manager is to protect their passwords, digital assets, and personal information, as well as to be able to have a single source of...
Asset Protection
Why is cybersecurity critical to your digital legacy?
Though the term ‘digital legacy’ is fairly new, it has a short and concise definition. Your digital legacy consists of all the various types of digital assets you’ve accumulated over your lifetime. These might include: Digital financial assets: payment tokens, utility...
Estate Planning 101: A “catch-all” clause sounds great, but who knows what and where “all” is?
Estate Planning can protect your assets... or can it, really? Many people consider taking the costly and time-consuming step of estate planning in an attempt to protect their assets and ensure their legacy is properly managed. Estate planning is usually done by...
What happens if a person dies intestate?
What does intestate mean? ‘Intestate’ describes a person who passes away without having created a will. Wills are how we manifest our explicit wishes with regard to our assets - essentially, how we want our estate to be inherited after we pass away. Not having a will...
DGLegacy® Family Account: Transparency for Your Family Inheritance
Many of us struggle to ensure transparency for our digital and financial assets, even with our closest family members. But when we add to the picture the assets that our family members possess, be it parents or our partner, the task of keeping track of them becomes...
How a big global bank “forgot” to pay out millions of dollars from the accounts of deceased people.
And we thought that big global banks provided financial security … A very interesting case revealed by Bloomberg demonstrates that even big global banks tend to “forget” to transfer the money they manage into the estates of deceased clients. The case is about...
The top 3 innovative insurance products
The word “innovation” has been and probably will continue to be popular in the business world, especially among entrepreneurs. For start-ups and leading businesses, innovation is a must. Unfortunately, it is not exactly true for traditional industries and markets such...
How to protect your family financially
You’ve got a great job, opportunities for career growth, a good salary – you feel confident in your ability to provide for your family. One important thing to keep in mind, however, is that the wheel keeps turning. There will be ups and downs, and it’s a very good...
Password Managers with Digital Inheritance: Can They Protect Your Digital Assets?
The case for password managers Since the introduction of PCs, people have been concerned about cybersecurity. In the early days of the computer industry, cybersecurity was associated primarily with protecting your PC. That was normal back then. The cloud and the...
What is an abandoned asset?
Simply put, any asset that hasn’t been used or claimed within a certain period of time is considered abandoned. There are usually very clear laws on what is considered an abandoned asset, how much time must pass for that to occur, and what happens to it afterwards....