Mid-life crisis: Why checking clients' death benefit nominations is crucial

Regular reviews are essential

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Death benefit changes have been a hot topic for advisers post-pension freedom. Here Mike Morrison explains why reviewing beneficiaries has never been more pressing...

There is no doubt that the biggest pension topic I had to deal with last year was the new death benefit rules and the ability to use them for IHT and estate planning. In discussing the new rules, the importance of reviewing the expression of wish/nomination form has been to the fore. In other words, making sure that the right beneficiary has been nominated. I was with one adviser recently and he advised me that two of the first cases that he had reviewed had the client's ex-spouse as the nominated beneficiary and had not been updated since the divorce. The new rules make it importa...

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