How to find old pension

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When trying to track down pensions from previous employers is it as simple as contacting them, say via their company websites, with name, NI number, and employment dates to determine whether there is any pension to be claimed?

Stupid question probably but not sure what to do.

The government has a Pension Tracing Service. Not sure if you can do it online or has to be by phone but make sure it’s definitely a .gov.uk and not someone who will charge for it.

You’ll need to contact the pension administrator rather than your employer - though your employer should be able to point you in the right direction.

You could also try services like Greta, Pension Bee or Aviva Find & Combine etc.

Give them as much information as you can - current name, maiden name, address now and address at time of taking out the policy, national insurance number, policy number, date of birth, anything else you can think of.

This is the free government tracing service

www.gov.uk/find-pension-contact-details