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As part of the National Pensions Framework implementation process, the Department of Social Protection intends to establish a panel of consultants, some of whom may be engaged from time to time during the implementation process.

In that regard, a Request for Tender has been published today, requesting applications from vendors who wish to be considered for entry to that panel.     

Longevity Bulletin

In the first edition of the Actuarial Profession’s  Longevity Bulletin, editor Alison O’Connell publishes the findings of a new comparison of a range of international projections of future longevity that reveals some consistent themes. They are:

The Society of Actuaries in Ireland has responded to the Central Bank of Ireland’s Consultation on “The Fit and Proper Regime in Part 3 of the Central Bank Reform Act 2010”.

The Society recognises the importance of a robust fitness and probity regime and supports the objectives of the Central Bank in this area. However, the response notes that fitness and probity must be seen as only one part of an overall corporate governance and risk management structure.

The Government announced yesterday that “Jobs Initiative 2011” will be partly funded by a special levy on pension savings.

In a press release the Society of Actuaries in Ireland acknowledged the economic and fiscal challenges the country faces and the

need in particular to get more people back to work. However, any changes to pension policy can have far-reaching consequences,

so must be properly thought through.

Today, the Society of Actuaries in Ireland issued a press release in relation to Census 2011.

Click here to read this press release.