If a recipient of a private pension does

[hilbil21]

Just had a thought occur to me about my late fathers private pension. He died in 2011 and after that it was paid to my mum. She passed away in November. Does the pension now stop altogether? Or if there is any of the "pot" left would it get paid to me? I am the sole beneficiary.

You can't leave a final salary pension in your will, no. Only the balance that you haven't spent from a private fund (defined contribution pension). If you buy an annuity with it, it is spent.

You can't leave a final salary pension in your will
But of course most DB schemes come with death benefits.

Mollie
It was not UK tax law so it was sensible if they had lived as long as their parents .....

Well I visited the lawyer who is dealing with my mums estate today and one of the pensions is an annuity pension which as I thought has finished now she has passed away. The other one it seems will continue to pay me about £240 a month until 2020 so it must be another type