Premium Bonds savers urged to check numbers as £100k prizes unclaimed | Personal Finance | Finance

“People tend to leave their accounts when they move the house and forget to update their addresses with all the companies they hold money.

“Not only premium bonds, but also great savings, investments and pensions are deviated in this way.

“Therefore, in the first few weeks after moving, it is important to work methodically by contacting each company to make a list of everything you hold and report your new address.”

He also said that people should consider reinforcing accounts to make it easier to follow.

The expert added: “The easiest way to avoid losing premium bond prizes is that your earnings are automatically paid to your bank account or to use more bonds automatically.

In addition to the 11 awards that are not requested for £ 100,000, there are £ 50,000, £ 25,000 and 10,000 £ 75.

NS & I has no time limit to request awards or bonds, and people can learn whether they are in different ways.

If you know your Bond numbers, you can check the NS & I website.

However, if you are not sure of your numbers, you can use the NS & I monitoring service by filling a form from the website. There is also a ‘Lost Account’ service.

NS & I recently announced that it helps people find more than £ 166 million in more than 52,000 accounts through monitoring and missing account.