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Difficulty selling lost physical stock certificates

💸 moneysocial problemSingle report ●●●●● severity 3/5

A former UK resident is struggling to sell shares in a UK insurance company because they have lost the physical share certificates and their contact information is outdated, making it difficult to prove ownership and initiate a sale from abroad.

Who's affected: A former UK resident who has lost physical share certificates and has outdated contact information with the company.

⚠️ Single report. This is one person's account. We mark it so until more voices confirm it.

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Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:

  1. A digital platform that guides users through the specific registrar-contact process for lost UK share certificates.
  2. A template-based service that generates formal letters of indemnity and proof-of-identity requests for international shareholders.
  3. A marketplace connecting shareholders with verified brokers who specialize in recovering and liquidating 'lost' or dormant international equity positions.
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Real voices

“I no longer have the certificates or any other proof of ownership (other than the fact that a dividend is paid into my UK bank account)”

Source: Stack Exchange (money) · CC BY-SA 4.0, user-contributed content from Stack Exchange; summarized and modified

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