Report the death of a member

If you need to report the death of a BP Pension Fund member you can download this form and email the completed version to pensions@bp.com

Alternatively you can call us to report a death, or by post using the contact details below.

We will take action to cease the pension immediately to avoid any overpayment of pension.

We will write to the informant or appointed solicitor to obtain the information required to establish if any further benefit may be payable. If the member was in receipt of a widow/er’s pension this will cease with no further benefits paid.

We will always require sight of the full death certificate, and where appropriate the spouse or civil partners birth certificate, along with the and marriage or civil partnership certificate. An information gathering form is also issued to establish your personal circumstances at the time of the members death.

If we are unable to stop any overpayment of pension, or pension instalment, this must be reclaimed from the Estate. Our initial letter does state the value be to be reclaimed but we understand that monies may not be immediately available.

On behalf of the Trustee, we do use an external company to check our active pensioner payroll against the National Death Register to ensure that we are promptly notified of all deaths.