This depends on when your pension sharing order was implemented:
Before 1 April 2000
You can only apply for your lump sum to be paid to your estate.
To do this, submit a lump sum on death benefit form (DB1).
You cannot nominate any other individual including a new spouse or civil partner or an organisation.
If you’ve not remarried or entered another civil partnership, any lump sum on death payable is paid to your estate.
Between 1 April 2000 and 31 March 2008
You can nominate one individual or organisation by completing a lump sum on death benefit nomination form (DB2 - PC).
If you remarry or enter a civil partnership, you can apply for your lump sum to be paid to your estate rather than your new spouse or civil partner.
To do this, submit a lump sum on death benefit form (DB2 - PC).
From 1 April 2008
Complete a lump sum on death benefit nomination form (DB2 - PC) to nominate:
- a single individual
- multiple individuals
- a single organisation
You cannot request payment of the lump sum on death to be paid to your estate.
The lump sum will be automatically payable to your estate if you’ve not made a nomination or remarried.
If you’ve remarried or entered another civil partnership and want your new partner to receive any lump sum on death, you do not need to nominate them. They’ll automatically be entitled to this unless someone different to the spouse or civil partner has been nominated.
You can read more information about death benefit nominations on our website.