An estate is typically the money, property and possessions of a person who has died. If an eligible infected person died, the person responsible for their estate can claim compensation on their behalf.
Because we are opening our claims service to more people in an agreed order, we make a distinction between a ‘registered estate’ and an estate that is not considered registered.
We plan to open our service to ‘registered estates’ claims before ‘unregistered estates’.
In all cases, the person responsible for the infected person’s estate may need to find and provide additional information needed for us to confirm their eligibility and calculate their compensation. For example, if the infected person was only registered with an Alliance House Organisation (AHO) before they died, some of the information we need may be missing from their AHO file but available from another source.
Registered estates
We consider an infected person’s estate registered if at least one of the following applies:
- they received one or more payments from an IBSS before they died
- their bereaved partner has received payments from an IBSS since they died
- their estate or their affected bereaved partner has received interim compensation from an IBSS since they died
Once a person has started a claim and is registered with IBCA, we automatically consider their estate registered if they die.
When a person’s estate is not considered registered
An infected person’s estate is not considered registered if either:
- they were not registered with an Alliance House Organisation (AHO) or IBSS
- they were registered with an Alliance House Organisation (AHO) before their case was migrated to an IBSS, and their estate or bereaved partner has not yet received interim compensation