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A round-up of all the latest pension articles from Zurich Ireland.

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Innovation and solutions for customers are front and centre of Zurich’s pensions and life assurance plans as auto-enrolment draws near, writes Siobhán Maguire for the Business Post.

Listen to our recent webinar where we cover all the latest updates on Auto-enrolment in Ireland, and how employers can prepare their business for its launch.
The impending introduction of Auto Enrolment (AE) presents a valuable opportunity for employers to engage employees on their retirement planning explains Ciara O'Brien, Senior Client Relationship Manager at Zurich.

Auto-enrolment in Ireland will be launched 1st January 2026 but employers need to start planning now so we have created a checklist guide to how to prepare for auto-enrolment.

Over the last couple of years, employers, trustees, and anyone who is involved in the day-to-day running of a company pension scheme has been faced with one main question – whether a move to a ‘Master Trust’ arrangement is best, writes Niall Hall, Corporate Distribution Manager at Zurich.
While pension Auto-Enrolment (AE) systems and models are common in most countries, Ireland has lagged in introducing its own. Conor O'Reilly, Distribution and CRM Manager at Zurich looks at AE and explains what it means for employers.
Our 2025 edition of Retirement Matters has been published. Read in full here.
Listen to our recent webinar where we cover all the latest updates on Auto-enrolment in Ireland, and how employers can prepare their business for its launch. The Zurich Pensions team cover AE implementation, actions and considerations for employers, while Moira Grassick, COO at Peninsula Ireland, one of Ireland’s leading suppliers of HR services, covers the HR aspects in detail.

Not surprisingly, the introduction of auto-enrolment (AE) has been pushed out from an ambitious start of 1st January 2025 to a more realistic date of end September 2025. Niall Fitzgerald, Head of Retirement Solutions, Zurich explains key considerations for your business.

Although Auto-enrolment (AE) has been delayed, now is the perfect time to discuss the needs of your corporate clients, writes Niall Fitzgerald, Head of Retirement Solutions, Zurich.