What happens when I die?
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What if I die before I retire?
If you die before you draw your pension, your pension provider will pay the value of your pension pot to the person you have named on the pension application form. This value will be the contributions that you and your employer have made, plus investment returns over the years.
If you die before you leave the Civil Service, we will pay a lump sum of three times your pensionable earnings to the person you named on your pension choices form.What if I die after I retire?
What if I die after I retire?
When you buy your pension, you decide if you want to provide a dependant with a pension after your death.
Important note. At the time of a divorce, a court may order that when a scheme member, or a previous member, dies, all or part of the death benefit must be paid to the ex-husband or ex-wife or ex-civil partner. If this is the case, we will pay any balance to the person you nominated or to the personal representative of the person who died if there is no valid nomination.
