‘The Future of the State Pension’ was the theme of a major conference hosted today by the Society of Actuaries in Ireland. The conference follows the publication last year of a research report by Milliman on the financial sustainability of the state pension in Ireland. The Society of Actuaries in Ireland and PublicPolicy.ie commissioned this research with a view to stimulating constructive debate on this subject.

Today the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published its Opinion on a Common Framework for Risk Assessment and Transparency for Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORPs).

The Opinion concludes a cycle of almost three years of EIOPA's own-initiative work and is addressed to the EU co-legislators (European Parliament and Council) and the European Commission.

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published Preparatory Guidelines on Product Oversight and Governance (POG) arrangements to be followed by insurers (manufacturers of insurance products) and distributors.

These Guidelines provide early guidance and support national authorities and market participants with the implementation of POG requirements in preparation for formal requirements provided for in the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD).

The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA, ESMA - ESAs) has finalised its proposal for regulatory technical standards (RTS) on Key Information Documents (KIDs) for Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs).