Whom to contact

Qwiksilver

Will try to make it as succinct as possible.

Unfortunately brother-in-law passed away yesterday after many years of illness (Multiple Sclerosis).

Looking through old documents he had a pension fund with Shell. When he started to become very ill he appointed his big sister (now deceased) to liase with Shell on his behalf when time came for it to be paid.
I am unsure if it has ever been claimed as his entitlemet was not due to mature until Feb 2009 (at it's earliest when he was 59) by which time he was unable to communicate and his elder sister had passed away.
The question is therefore to whom should contact be made to make enquiries on its current status?

If it helps clarify it looks as if my wife (his little sister) has ended up executor of his will by default (Mother was intially named and my wife is last remaining family descendant). Will they discuss his affairs with her?

kidmugsy

I'd guess that the likelihood is that an old Shell pension was a defined benefits scheme. If so the likelihood is that the pension died with him. (You make no mention of a widow.) They might reckon, though, that if the pension was never claimed they owe his estate several years' payments. His bank account statements should show whether he ever received anything from it.

http://pensions.shell.co.uk

TBagpuss

If your wife is the executor she would be the one to contact Shell.

When she applies for probate she should ask for additional copies of the grant of probate and send them one of these (and possibly a copy death certificate)

Qwiksilver

Thank you very much folks.

RichandJ

One address:

Pensions Administration Team, Trustee Services Unit (TSU), Shell International Limited, Shell Centre, London SE1 7NA

No idea if it's the correct one in your case. Check the website:

http://pensions.shell.co.uk/scpf/contact.html