Toronto · Barristers & Solicitors
Your wishes, recorded correctly — at every institution.
Kings Attorneys helps individuals, families and executors change and confirm beneficiary designations on bank accounts, registered plans, pensions and life insurance with any financial institution in Canada.
28+
Years of practice
3,400+
Designations updated
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Lawyers
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Provinces & territories served
Change of Beneficiary
A designation can outweigh your will.
In most Canadian provinces, the beneficiary named on an RRSP, RRIF, TFSA, pension or life insurance policy receives those funds directly — regardless of what your will says. A designation made years ago, before a marriage, separation, birth or death in the family, can send your savings to the wrong person.
Our lawyers work with chartered banks, credit unions, trust companies, insurers, investment dealers and pension administrators to make sure every designation reflects your current wishes, is properly executed, and is recorded by the institution.
Learn about our beneficiary servicesSTEP 01
Review
We review your will, existing designations and family circumstances.
STEP 02
Advise
We explain the tax, family-law and estate consequences of each option.
STEP 03
Execute
We prepare and deliver the institution's forms, or a designation in your will.
STEP 04
Confirm
We obtain written confirmation and keep a secure copy on file.
Practice Areas
Counsel for every stage of an estate
Change of Beneficiary
Updating designations on bank accounts, RRSPs, RRIFs, TFSAs, FHSAs, pensions, life insurance and annuities at any Canadian financial institution.
Wills & Estate Planning
Wills, secondary wills, trusts and estate freezes designed to work together with your beneficiary designations.
Estate Administration
Guiding executors through probate, asset collection, claims by designated beneficiaries and final distribution.
Estate & Beneficiary Disputes
Representing clients when a designation is contested, ambiguous or conflicts with a will or separation agreement.
Powers of Attorney
Advice on what an attorney for property may and may not change, and how to protect an incapable person's plan.
Business Succession
Shareholder agreements, corporate-owned insurance and succession plans for owner-managed businesses.
Our Partners
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