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Creating an ICE Plan

With an In Case of Emergency or ICE plan, you assemble key contact and financial account information in one place. An ICE plan guides someone who must act on your behalf—it is like a roadmap of your financial life. If you use a web-based personal financial management service, you have a great head start. To create an ICE plan, prepare a list of: Bank accounts, credit card accounts, retirement accounts, brokerage accounts, and any other investments The name and phone number for anyone who helps you manage your financial life—banker, insurance agent, accountant, investment adviser Details about your lease or your mortgage—the name of your property management company or mortgage company Bills that are on automatic pay, with passwords to access the accounts or the master password if you use a password management service For someone just starting out, your retirement account is likely your most valuable asset. As you…

Guide to Your Financial Life

Our financial lives are complicated. Where are your assets located? How are they invested? Where are your vital documents? What bills are on autopay? Are your beneficiary designations up to date? Who are the people that help you manage your financial life? With an In Case of Emergency or ICE plan, you assemble key contact and financial account information in one place. An ICE plan guides someone who must act on your behalf—it is like a roadmap of your financial life. If you use a web-based personal financial management service, you have a great head start. To create an ICE plan, prepare a list of: Bank accounts, credit card accounts, retirement accounts, brokerage accounts, and any other investments The name and phone number for anyone who helps you manage your financial life—banker, insurance agent, accountant, investment adviser Details about your lease or your mortgage—the name of your property management company…

Prepare an ICE Plan

With an In Case of Emergency or ICE plan, you assemble key contact and financial account information in one place. An ICE plan guides someone who must act on your behalf—it is like a roadmap of your financial life. If you use a web-based personal financial management service, you have a great head start. To create an ICE plan, prepare a list of: Bank accounts, credit card accounts, retirement accounts, brokerage accounts, and any other investments The name and phone number for anyone who helps you manage your financial life—banker, insurance agent, accountant, investment adviser Details about your lease or your mortgage—the name of your property management company or mortgage company Bills that are on automatic pay, with passwords to access the accounts or the master password if you use a password management service For someone just starting out, your retirement account is likely your most valuable asset. As you…

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