Interview with David Harney in the Irish Broker magazine
 
The Irish Brokers magazine interviewed David Harney, Group CEO Irish Life, about current issues in the pension industry.
In the interview David Harney discusses the IORPs Directives and highlights improvements needed on PRSAs. He also outlines his support for auto enrolment and the need to nudge more private sector workers to save for retirement.
EMPOWER PLS is changing
 

We have made some changes to our EMPOWER Personal Lifestyle Strategy.

We have introduced a trivial pension check for PRSA and DC policies. We also made some changes to improve the target benefit funds for PRB and PRSA holders.

Read this article for the detail of the changes and who they apply to.
How do people take retirement benefits
 
During 2018 we paid 2,095 retirement claims to 1,281 people taking benefits from company Defined Contribution pension plans.
 
See our overview for the types and payouts of these retirement benefits.
Irish Life Corporate Business moves to Irish Life Financial Services
 

We would like to announce that with effect from 1 May 2019, Irish Life Assurance plc (ILA) will undergo an internal reorganisation.

From 1 May the services currently provided to you by Irish Life Corporate Business (ILCB), will be carried out by another Irish Life group entity, Irish Life Financial Services Limited. 
DC benefit statements change to A5 size
 

We are changing our benefit statements to a reader friendly A5 booklet format.
TILDA - Health and wellbeing of Ireland's over 50s
 
The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) is a large scale, nationally representative, long-term study on ageing in Ireland.
TILDA examines the quality of life, social engagement, physical health, living conditions, health behaviours and healthcare cover among older adults.
Irish Life is a founding supporter of TILDA since 2006 as part of our Corporate Social Responsibility Programme.