The UAR is a database which holds information about unclaimed money in more than 50 companies like The Prudential, Standard Life and BT.

BBC: Finding your lost fortune

"The Argentinian Rugby Union (UAR) has made a commitment to have their players contracted to the union and for the majority of their players to be based in Argentina by 2012, " said the IRB.

BBC: CHOOSE A SPORT

With the insurance industry itself giving only limited help to customers to find old policies, a commercial company has stepped into the breach - the Unclaimed Assets Register (UAR).

BBC: Wake up call for dormant accounts