Just take a moment and consider all of the many types of accounts you have to coordinate. You may have separate savings and checking accounts. You might have a business account. You or your family may have isa accounts or other longer term things that need the attention of a knowledgeable professional. The main thing to consider here, is all of the accounts every family unit shares for stability, and how you are handling them.
There are some accounts in which you are going to be pretty familiar with the day to day happenings and changes. A checking account is usually one that most people can manage pretty easily, as could be said for savings. This is not to say there is as much money in them as people may want, simply that they are relatively easy to manage.
Longer term accounts are typically the ones where people may lose focus, and let the details kind of slip away from them. What happens is they get set up, but because they are long rang accounts, they are not part of the routines and maintenance for common accounts receive. This can spell bad things for you, if investments start to go asunder or programs come up that are more attractive to you. By keeping a closer eye on things (or even simply checking in a bit more frequently) you can often avoid or lessen the effects of a tragedy. Financial tragedies are all too common these days, so take the step in handling your accounts, and avoid becoming an unpleasant statistic.