Where there’s a will, there’s reassurance

No one likes to contemplate death, but if you don’t specify what you want to leave to whom, the State will do it for you

A new survey confirms that most of us are reluctant to contemplate our own mortality. Nearly two thirds of the population (59%) have not taken steps to put a legal will in place, while 34% say they’ve been meaning to, but just haven’t got around to it.