Receiving financial paperwork and bills online

[firecat]

Do you choose online delivery for bills and financial paperwork?

If so, what arrangements do you have set up for having those bills paid and that paperwork reviewed if you have a long illness and can't do it yourself? Or if you die?

This message brought to you by Wells Fargo, which informed me when I logged on today that it had changed my statement delivery option to "online only." I was able to change it back, but it pissed me off that they did it in an "opt out" manner like that.

I don't LIKE paperwork and would prefer to use online delivery for such things, but even though I would trust my partners to take good care of me if I got sick, that doesn't mean I want to give them full access to my email.

Comments

[eveningstartwo.livejournal.com]

I pay just about everything I can online. The exceptions are usually one time bills that are too bothersome to set up and reoccurring bills that the payee has proved to be a twat. I either do them as a one time deal or send a paper check. Should I die, my partner can get into Quicken and I have them all set up. Would he actually do it? Unknown but Not My Problem. If we both go at the same time my son will have a mess but if AT&T doesn't get paid, do I care?

[firecat]

Do you also receive your bills via email? That's the part I'm trying to figure out.

If I die obviously I don't care, but if I am alive but too sick to pay the bills myself, I might kind of want my health insurance bill to continue to be paid...

[eveningstartwo.livejournal.com]

Yes and no. Some notify me via email but there is a "bill. Due" function in Quicken so I or someone else know to go look for them. And I'm OCD enough to want to check things including autopay.