Orderist is built to make sure your estate is only ever handed over when it should be, and never based on a single report. One of the ways it does this is a dual-attestation process, where two people you've chosen have to independently confirm what's happened before anything changes.

When Orderist receives a report that someone may have died, nothing changes based on that report alone. Before any part of their estate is affected, two people they've already named are asked to confirm it independently: their executor and their emergency contact.

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Why two people confirm

We ask two people to confirm, rather than one, to guard against mistakes or fraudulent reports. Neither the executor nor the emergency contact can move things forward alone. Both have to confirm before anything is treated as certain.

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What happens when a report comes in

We contact the named executor and emergency contact separately and ask each of them to confirm what's happened. Before either of them can do that, they each complete a quick identity check (a photo ID and a selfie). This applies even to the emergency contact, who won't have needed to do this for any other part of their role.

As soon as one of them confirms, we pause the record on Orderist while we wait for the second confirmation. This doesn't affect any real bank account, investment, property or policy. It only pauses what's shown on Orderist itself. Everything the person actually owns remains exactly as it was, held wherever it's always been held.

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Once both have confirmed

There's a short cool-off period before the executor's full estate view opens. This exists in case a report turns out to be mistaken. If you believe a report has been made in error, get in touch with us straight away.

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What happens next

Once the cool-off period has passed, the executor gains full access to the will, the asset record, and the beneficiaries who've been named, and can begin managing the estate. See “Appointing an executor” for what that involves.

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