More than 20 years ago, Melvin's father passed away and had named Melvin as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy.

After his father's death, Melvin remembers receiving mail from the insurance company. But at the time, he and his mother didn't realize how important those documents might become. Eventually, the paperwork was thrown away.

Years later, the connection between Melvin and the policy was no longer obvious.

That's where WeFoundYou came in.

We were able to locate Melvin and help him navigate the process of filing a claim on the life insurance policy his father had left for him. The claim was successfully filed, reconnecting Melvin with an asset that had been associated with his family for more than two decades.

Today, Melvin shares his story in his own words.

• Melvin's father had passed away more than 20 years earlier.
• Melvin had been named as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy.
• The family remembers receiving correspondence from the insurance company.
• The documents were eventually discarded.
• Years later, the connection between the beneficiary and the policy was no longer readily apparent.

We located Melvin, connected him with the information surrounding the policy, and assisted him with successfully filing his claim.

The lesson isn't simply that paperwork can be lost.

It's that an asset can remain in existence long after the people who knew about it have forgotten the details.

That is one reason we created Before We Found You—to share real stories about how assets become disconnected from the people they were intended for.

Every forgotten asset has a story.