Spanish life insurance certificate

Where the deceased may have taken out a life insurance policy in Spain, the heirs may have an interest in verifying its existence in order to identify the relevant capital sums and their treatment separate from the ordinary estate. The Spanish life insurance certificate makes it possible to obtain this information.

Spanish life insurance certificate
Succession and inheritance

Sènakpon Gbassi

June 18, 2025

Purpose of the certificate

The certificate makes it possible to:

verify the existence of a life insurance policy in Spain,

identify the insurance company.

Conditions for obtaining the certificate

It is generally issued upon presentation of:

a Spanish death certificate, or

a multilingual death certificate.

Impact on the succession

A life insurance policy may fall under a specific civil and tax regime depending on the circumstances. In a succession involving France and Spain, it is important to distinguish:

  • the civil treatment (transfer and beneficiaries),
  • the tax treatment,
  • and the interaction with the other succession formalities.

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