Sapa UK Pension Scheme (PO-4823)
Complainant: Ms Jayne Askew
Complaint Topic: Death benefits
Ref: PO-4823
Outcome: Not upheld
Respondent: Sapa (Pension Trustee) Ltd
Type: Pension complaint or dispute
Date:
Complaint summary
Ms Askew has complained that the Trustees have not paid her a dependant’s pension or the lump sum death benefit, following the death of the late Mr Brown.
Summary of the Ombudsman’s determination and reasons
The complaint is not upheld against the Trustees because the decision to award a dependant’s pension and whom to award the lump-sum death benefit to is at the Trustee’s discretion and I am satisfied that their discretion has been exercised correctly in both instances.
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