Insights
September 25, 2023
Is Artificial Intelligence a Threat to Professional Estate Planners?
The tech industry is a buzz about one thing, artificial intelligence (AI)… again. There’s no doubt it’s come along leaps and bounds since its inception… and the s...
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September 19, 2023
Parliament paves the way for Digital LPAs
Arken applauds the passage of the Powers of Attorney Bill as the first step to a digital revolution in the process for registering Lasting Powers of Attorney.
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September 11, 2023
Votes are Now Open for Your Industry Champion
The finalists for the British Wills and Probate Industry Champion have been announced and it’s time to get voting!
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September 11, 2023
4 Trends Around Legacy Gifting for Remember a Charity Week
It’s Remember a Charity Week this week, so we’re looking at some of the trends around charitable gifting in Wills. Read to find out.
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August 29, 2023
8 Ways to Generate New Business for Your Estate Planning Practice
According to HMRC, during April to July 2023, Inheritance tax receipts hit £2.6 billion. This is £237 million, or 10%, higher than the same period last tax year.
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August 14, 2023
The Unexpected Benefits of Using Will Writing Software
Will drafting software, used by professional estate planners, can offer some unlikely and unexpected benefits that users might not initially anticipate.
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August 7, 2023
The Letter of Wishes – A Mighty Little Document That Shouldn’t be Forgotten
A Letter of Wishes, also known as an Expression of Wishes, intent or guidance letter is an often-underestimated little document.
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August 7, 2023
Major Illnesses are on the Rise, are Living Wills Becoming Essential?
According to a recent study by The Health Foundation, roughly 9 million people in England will be living with major illnesses by 2040.
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July 17, 2023
Top Tips for Marketing Your Estate Planning Company
Marketing plays a crucial role in the success of any business, including estate planning companies. Effective marketing strategies can help you raise awareness about your...
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July 3, 2023
Top 5 Social Media Tips for an Estate Planning Company
Learn how to use social media to connect with your target audience and enhance your brand awareness.
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May 22, 2023
Arken.legal partners with BePrepared
Arken.legal is excited to announce it’s partnership with BePrepared to create the Arken Vault – an instant solution for handling your clients digital assets.
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April 24, 2023
Blog Series: What We Uncovered from IRN Legal Report’s Research
Blog 2: Target Psychographics, Contested Wills and Digital Adoption. Read to find out more.
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April 19, 2023
Blog Series: What We Uncovered from IRN Legal Report’s Research
Blog 1 – What Do Consumers Want? Read to find out.
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April 11, 2023
Demand for Private Client Services is High. How Can You Achieve More in The Same Time Allotted?
Private Client Solicitors are experiencing high demand right now, many have a client backlog for months! Find out more.
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April 4, 2023
Inside the Mind of a Legal Advisory Board Member: Tips, Perspectives and Insights
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April 4, 2023
The Interview Series – Episode 1 – Overcoming Adversity with Jade Gani
Wow, what an amazing start to our new Interview Series, our thanks to Jade Gani for taking part. We’d recommend you have a listen and forward this on to your colleagues...
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March 29, 2023
New Inter Vivos Trusts Now Available in Arken Lifetime
We’re delighted to announce the launch of five new Trusts in our Inter Vivos Trust drafting tool, Arken Lifetime. Read to find out more.
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March 13, 2023
The Reasons Why Wills Are Contested
The number of Wills being contested is on the rise. More people are questioning the validity or execution of their loved ones last wishes...find out more.
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February 28, 2023
Streamlining Powers of Attorney – How to Make the Process Less Admin Heavy
The UKs population is ageing and demand for Powers of Attorney and other guardianship advice is on the rise, as well as the demand for Will writing services. Read more
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February 27, 2023
Five Trends in Estate Planning to Look Out For
As we look forward, what trends can we see on the horizon for estate planning professionals? Here’s five we’ve identified.
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February 13, 2023
Only 48% of Estate Planning Professionals Received a Low-Risk Exposure Score
Our Risk Exposure Quiz has produced some interesting results so far. The market is changing, contentious probate claims and cyber-attacks are on the rise. So, amid the ch...
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February 6, 2023
The Power of AI – We Asked ChatGPT Why Solicitors Should Use Will Writing Software…. Here’s What it Said
ChatGPT is a new chatbot, built by Open AI. It was launched in November 2022 and it’s become very popular in a short amount of time. Users can ask it all sorts of quest...
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January 30, 2023
How Will writing software helps you mitigate risk
Will writing software is designed to support the estate planning professional in drafting documentation. It cuts out admin, precedent research, data re-keying and more. L...
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January 25, 2023
Arken Legal Launches Amazing New Referral Scheme
We’re delighted to announce the launch of our new referral scheme! We get a lot of referrals from our customers, so we’ve tried to design a scheme that thanks them wh...
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January 24, 2023
£326million Bill for Inheritance Tax Payment Errors
HMRC’s so called ‘snooper computer’ is leading to an increase in bereaved families being investigated for underpaying inheritance tax.
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December 21, 2022
Arken.legal launches cracker of a Christmas offer
We know things are tough this year and as we enter the Christmas period, we want to try and help everyone have the Christmas they deserve. Which is why we have decided to...
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December 19, 2022
The Grass is Greener, Actually – why switch to Arken
Why switch to Arken.legal, is it time to take stock of upcoming changes… and explore new opportunities…
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November 21, 2022
Younger generation uncomfortable talking about inheritance
A report from The Progeny Group in conjunction with YouGov, found that two thirds of the population intend to pass on wealth to their children or grandchildren, but most ...
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November 16, 2022
The Government want their slice of The Great Wealth Transfer
According to The Financial Times, Jeremy Hunt is planning to run a ‘stealth raid’ on inheritance tax in the Autumn statement on Thursday (17 November), as he tries to...
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November 8, 2022
Why Estate Planning Professionals Should be Concerned about the Great Wealth Transfer
Over the next 30 years, £5.5 trillion will be inherited by Millennials and Generation X. This historic movement of money has been coined as ‘The Great Wealth Transfer...
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October 26, 2022
Strange and Spooky Wishes Left in Wills – A Halloween Special
As experts in the realm of estate planning, you’ll probably have seen or heard tales about some ‘odd things or wishes’ left in a clients Will. Here at Arken, we’v...
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October 25, 2022
The Generation Gap – is it Entitlement or Fighting for Wellbeing?
A recent, international survey by Law.com of 50 partners found that 76% of respondents believe their junior associates are more entitled than they were three years ago. 5...
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October 25, 2022
Are Millennials and Gen Z’s “obsessed with death?”
A whole host of factors seem to be contributing to the Millennial and Gen Z mindset around death. The pandemic, global warming and political and economic uncertainty is p...
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October 11, 2022
Only 10% of estate planning organisations are ‘very efficient’
Arken.legal’s efficiency quiz has found that only 10% of all respondents are ‘very efficient.’ In fact, 69% of respondents were only ‘reasonably efficient’ and ...
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September 27, 2022
The Rise in Inappropriate DNAR Orders
A DNAR (do not attempt resuscitation) notice, aka a DNR or a DNACPR, is a notice placed on a person’s medical record indicating that resuscitation should not be attempt...
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September 26, 2022
Will Writing Software – What Arken.legal’s Clients Have to Say
Will Writing Software purportedly has a wide range of benefits, but rather than list them, why not read what the users themselves have to say. Afterall, who would know be...
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August 15, 2022
How to manage Will precedents and clauses with ease
Managing precedents and clause banks is a time-consuming business which often falls to just one or a few fee earners within an organisation. It can also be costly too, wi...
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August 9, 2022
Can Will Writing Software save you time and money?
Will Writing Software is great for taking away the administrative burden of estate planning. It supports the busy professional in managing precedents, by formatting docum...
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August 2, 2022
Staff spotlight: Kumar Mehta
The Arken team is thrilled to welcome our new Content Developer, Kumar Mehta. Here’s some more information so you can get to know Kumar better…
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July 25, 2022
Why I, (a Private Client Solicitor), wish I’d had Arken’s Will writing software when practicing
When I was a junior solicitor in a private client team, drafting a Will was a daunting business. I wanted to draft the document correctly but without it taking so long th...
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July 18, 2022
Arken launches new management dashboard
Industry leader for private client software, Arken.legal, has launched a new management dashboard for its clients. It boasts a new analytics area, simpler product and use...
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June 28, 2022
LPA delays & how you can support your clients
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has reported that The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) is taking an average of 82 days to register lasting powers of attorney (LPAs) in E...
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May 30, 2022
The key challenges facing estate planning professionals today
The team at Arken have been carrying out a lot of industry research recently. As we build on our understanding of the challenges our clients now face, post pandemic.
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May 30, 2022
LPAs – Survey reveals misunderstandings and misconceptions
In this blog, we’ve listed our top 5 reasons to have an LPA and 5 common misconceptions about them. We’ve also put together a useful briefing note, as we work alongsi...
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May 30, 2022
Estate planners shouldn’t have to choose between advice or admin
The advice you provide is valuable and needed. Yet, you spend most of your billable hours on administrative tasks
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May 30, 2022
Staff spotlights: Carlie Nowell
Meet Carlie, our new Senior Marketing Manager.
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April 4, 2022
Will writing software – how does it work and is it worth it?
Arken.legal’s software is built to draft in the same manner as a Solicitor, after all it was built by Lawyers. It has built-in controls and a dual screen, guiding pract...
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April 4, 2022
3 reasons to choose Arken for your estate planning software
Arken.legal provides a suite of products that empowers companies in the pre-death planning industry to increase efficiencies, streamline processes, manage risk, and grow ...
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March 30, 2022
Wills – a new revenue stream for the funeral industry?
According to IRN Research, the value of the Wills, Trust and Probate industry passed the £2bn mark for the first time in 2021. Leading many organisations to consider exp...
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March 9, 2022
Staff spotlights: Catherine Larsen
The Arken team is thrilled to welcome our new Head of Talent, Catherine Larsen. Here’s some more information so you can get to know Cat better…
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March 1, 2022
Staff spotlights: William Walshe
The Arken team is thrilled to welcome our new Customer Engagement Assistant, William Walshe. Here’s some more information so you can get to know Will better…
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March 1, 2022
Staff spotlights: Stacey Moss
The Arken team is thrilled to welcome our new Customer Success Manager, Stacey Moss. Here’s some more information so you can get to know Stacey better…
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February 24, 2022
Should estate planners embrace digital advertising?
Referrals are an estate planner’s best friend and work can often trickle down through a family’s generations, as many choose to stay with their trusted adviso...
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February 15, 2022
More Millennials are writing Wills
According to a recent report by Goldman and Sachs, Millennials are those born between 1980 and 2000. They demand digital services and convenience at the lowest cost and ...
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February 8, 2022
Digital transformation… where on earth do you start?
Digital transformation can be an intimidating term for what is simply a series of steps in an organisations’ technology adoption journey.
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January 27, 2022
Top ten tips for supporting modern families with their estate planning
STEPs recent survey ‘meeting the needs of modern families’ reports that 97% of advisors have helped a ‘blended family’ with their estate planning.
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January 17, 2022
Staff spotlights: Harriet Betteridge
The Arken team is thrilled to welcome our new Senior Solicitor – Legal Content, Harriet Betteridge. Here’s some more information so you can get to know Harrie...
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November 11, 2021
Are your middle-income clients getting quietly pushed into higher death duty brackets?
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June 2, 2019
Arken.legal and Exizent announce game-changing partnership to revolutionise ‘pre-to-post-death’ journey for legal firms
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