Most people assume their assets would automatically go to the right person. In reality, banks, insurers, and investment platforms follow rigid rules. A nominee is not the heir. A joint account holder ...

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate Television is expanding its young adult content, optioning Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ bestselling book series The Inheritance Games for development as a scripted series. The project ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...

Lawyers are warning families of divorced couples there is potential for ex-spouses to use an often overlooked loophole to make an inheritance claim against their estate after their death, even many ...

Imagine watching your family’s legacy vanish over a mistake worth just one dollar. That’s exactly what happened to seven siblings who lost their rightful ...

Thousands of families are overpaying inheritance tax on life insurance policies, according to new figures, because they make a simple mistake when they take them out. A trust is a way of ringfencing ...

When you think about inheritance, you probably picture a smooth transfer of money or property to loved ones. But it’s rarely that simple. Inheritance mistakes can cost families time, money, and even ...

Benjamin Franklin referred to death and taxes as "the only certainties in life." And the inheritance tax touches on both. It's a levy on money, property or other assets a person leaves to others after ...