Mother placed $60k into a John Hancock...

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My father had an accident and passed unexpectedly out of nowhere. He and my mom are both retired though he was running a consulting business. I don’t know what to do. I’m still processing the loss. But as we ask my mother more about his information to help settle things the more we find out she doesn’t really know anything. He did all of the banking and paid all of the bills and handled the investments. She doesn’t know where anything is outside of their joint bank accounts. Are there services t

got into a car accident a few months ago and didn’t seem serious, just some neck and back pain. when the insurance company called within 48 hours and offered $500 to close it. I almost took it thinking it was fair; but the pain didn’t go away . got worse, and after getting an MRI I found out I had a herniated disc. the $500 feltlike nothing, and now I’m realizing how close I was to making a bad financial decision by settling too early. still wondering if this kind of quick offer is normal or if