How to deal with social security after death?

Legal analysis: 1. If the insured person dies, he can apply to the insured institution for cancellation of the account with the death certificate issued by the relevant hospital or the cremation certificate issued by the funeral home, and then the social security association will return the balance of the personal account to his successor for inheritance.

2. You can only refund your personal account and apply for funeral expenses at the same time. Now handle the agency that will be insured. After the death of the insured, the balance of the personal account plus interest shall be taken as the inheritance and collected by the heir or designated beneficiary.

Legal basis: Article 127 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall be handled in accordance with legal inheritance after the inheritance begins; If there is a will, it shall be inherited or bequeathed according to the will; If there is a legacy support agreement, it shall be handled in accordance with the agreement. In addition, the first order of inheritance is: spouse, children, parents; The second order is: brothers and sisters, grandparents, grandparents; After the inheritance begins, the successor in the first order inherits, and the successor in the second order does not inherit. If there is no successor in the first order, it shall be inherited by the successor in the second order.