Support date of birth, marriage or death with birth/baptismal certificate, marriage contract or death certificate (original duplicate/certified true copy/certified photocopy) duly registered with the National Statistics Office/ Local Civil Registrar Office/Parish/Church.
Surviving spouse, at full retirement age or older, generally gets 100% of the worker's basic benefit amount. Surviving spouse, age 60 or older, but under full retirement age, gets between 71% and 99% of the worker's basic benefit amount.
The amount of monthly pension will be the highest of: 300 + (20% x AMSC) + (2% x AMSC) x (CYS – 10); or. 40% x AMSC; or. Minimum pension of P1,000 if the member had less than ten (10) CYS; P1,200 if with at least ten (10) CYS; or P2,400 if with at least twenty (20) CYS, whichever is applicable.
The federal pension law, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), requires private pension plans to provide a pension to a worker's surviving spouse if the employee earned a benefit.
Formalities for a death claim 1 Filled-up claim form (provided by the insurance company) 2 Certificate of death. 3 Policy document. 4 Deeds of assignments/ re-assignments if any. 5 Legal evidence of title, if the policy is not assigned or nominated. 6 Form of discharge executed and witnessed.
Spouses and ex-spouses Payments start at 71.5% of your spouse's benefit and increase the longer you wait to apply. For example, you might get: Over 75% at age 61.
Military duty status at time of death is not a factor in determining eligibility. $255 has not changed since its inception and is not indexed for inflation. Application is made by calling 1-800-772-1213. (TTY 1-800-325-0778) or by visiting your local Social Security office.
Usually, you can't get surviving spouse's benefits if you remarry before age 60 (or age 50 if you have a disability). But remarriage after age 60 (or age 50 if you have a disability) won't prevent you from getting benefit payments based on your former spouse's work.
Proof of death — either from a funeral home or a death certificate. Your SSN, and the deceased worker's SSN. Your birth certificate. Your marriage certificate if you're a surviving spouse.