Perspectives on presence, legacy, and the words that outlive us.
83% of active-duty military families believe the United States will enter a major conflict within the next three to five years, according to Blue Star Famili...
Read article →22% of Americans without an estate plan say a simple way to start is the single thing that would finally move them to act, per a July 2026 LegalShield Intell...
Read article →On June 18, 2026, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously advanced the NO FAKES Act (S.4591) — a bipartisan bill that gives every American, not just ...
Read article →Will ownership among Americans fell from 31% to 26% in a single year — a five-point drop confirmed by Trust & Will's 2026 Estate Planning Report (n=5,000 U.S...
Read article →The average American holds $191,516 in digital assets — cryptocurrency, investment accounts, domain names, digital businesses, and stored value — yet 76% rep...
Read article →46% of Gen Z already trust AI more than a human attorney for estate planning — the highest rate of any generation, according to the Trust & Will 2026 Estate ...
Read article →63% of grandparents say they have never recorded a single life story for their family — despite 78% of them wanting to leave something meaningful behind (AAR...
Read article →Americans have decided that memory is the inheritance that matters most — 41% name memories and relationships as the most meaningful thing they will leave be...
Read article →41% of Americans say memories and relationships — not money or property — are the most meaningful thing they can leave behind, according to the Trust & Will ...
Read article →41% of Americans say their memories and relationships — not money or property — are the most meaningful legacy they'll leave behind, yet 48% have left no ins...
Read article →58% of Americans now want a digital memorial — a collection of photos, videos, and voice messages opened after they're gone — up from just 39% one year earli...
Read article →41% of Americans say memories and relationships — not money or property — are the most meaningful legacy they will leave behind, yet 56% have no estate plan ...
Read article →41% of Americans say memories and relationships — not money — will be the most meaningful thing they leave behind, according to the Trust & Will 2026 Estate ...
Read article →41% of Americans say memories and relationships are the most meaningful thing they will leave behind — outranking financial assets, property, and even values...
Read article →48% of Americans have made no arrangements for their digital accounts after death — including email, photos, and social media — even among people who already...
Read article →56% of Americans still have no estate plan as of 2026 — the same figure as the year before, and the year before that (Trust & Will 2026 Estate Planning Repor...
Read article →In 2026, estate attorneys are urging clients to appoint a "digital executor" — a trusted person with legal authority to manage, close, or transfer your onlin...
Read article →On February 10, 2026, Judge Jed Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in United States v. Heppner that conversations ...
Read article →On June 15, 2026, Legacy Keeper launched an AI platform that ingests a family's entire pile of estate documents, reviews them automatically, and surfaces ris...
Read article →41% of Americans say memories and relationships will be their most meaningful legacy — outranking financial assets (22%), property (22%), and values or lesso...
Read article →Effective June 2026, Washington State will penalize "forged digital likenesses" — AI-generated content created to deceive or misrepresent a real person — wit...
Read article →Here is a sentence that should stop you cold: once you pass away, your right to privacy may legally expire — and without explicit instructions, your family c...
Read article →Americans are in the middle of the largest wealth transfer in history. $124 trillion will pass from Baby Boomers and older generations to their children and ...
Read article →Without explicit instructions in your estate plan, a family member can legally create an AI version of you from your old emails, voicemails, and home videos ...
Read article →According to Trust & Will's 2026 Estate Planning Report — the largest annual survey of its kind — 56% of Americans still have no estate plan. That number has...
Read article →For the first time in recorded estate planning research, Americans say the most meaningful thing they will leave behind is not money. It is not property. It ...
Read article →There is a moment — it happens to almost every family — that nobody prepares for.
Read article →Meta just patented a system to simulate your social media activity after you die. Cambridge researchers are warning that AI "griefbots" could exploit the ber...
Read article →Your photos will survive you.
Read article →$124 trillion will transfer between generations through 2048. Approximately 3.1 million Americans die annually, and 57% of Baby Boomers own life insurance. W...
Read article →Every year, the life insurance industry loses an enormous sum to a problem most carriers treat as inevitable: policy lapse. Industry lapse rates run roughly ...
Read article →Every life insurance company in the world answers the same question: if something happens to you, will your family be financially protected?
Read article →My father died of a heart attack on an ordinary afternoon.
Read article →The category everyone needed. The words no one had.
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