News - Irish Life Corporate Business
Irish Life will close for the Christmas period on Friday, 23 December 2022 at 12pm and will re-open on Tuesday, 3 January 2023 at 9am.
Read this news item to find out what this means for you, depending on the method you use for paying regular contributions.
Irish Life launched the innovative enhanced annuity a number of years ago. However, customer take up has been very low and following a review of alternative customer outcomes, we plan to cease offering our enhanced annuity product to new customers from the end of 2022. This decision is largely driven by the low level of take-up and the challenges of keeping this complex product operational while sales volumes remain at this low level.
We are delighted to announce our award win of Irish Pension Scheme of the Year for our EMPOWER Master Trust at this year’s 2022 Irish Pension Awards.
This award reflects all the hard work and dedication the team in Corporate Business provides in supporting our Employers, Trustees and Brokers to help our members build better financial futures.
When making any lump sum once-off payments to Irish Life Corporate Business, please note that we will only ever ask you to transfer money into an Irish Life account, see details here.
Irish Life Corporate Business remains a customer of Ulster Bank and we will communicate with our customers when our new bank details are available.
If in any doubt, please contact us on 01 704 1845.
The latest episode of the David McWilliams Podcast features our own Sandra Rockett - Director of Wealth & Corporate Distribution Irish Life Investment Managers aiming to inform the people of Ireland about the crucial link between pensions and the planet.
Market Value Adjustment (MVA) to the Secured Performance Fund and the Capital Protection Fund
Current Market Value Adjustments (MVA)
- With effect from 16 January 2023 the Market Value Adjustment (MVA) for the Capital Protection Fund is 0% of the published price.
- With effect from 23 December 2013 the Market Value Adjustment (MVA) for the Secured Performance Fund is 0% of the published price.
You get one chance to get it right first time.
The Government is embarking on a progressive and positive reform programme which will a see an Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System introduced in Ireland. As it says on the tin, the aim of Auto Enrolment is to make the decision for workers to save for a pension easier. It also makes it easier for employers to offer colleagues a workplace pension.
The Pensions Act requires every pension Trust to appoint a Registered Administrator for their schemes and for the Registered Administrator to re-register annually with the Pensions Authority.
Irish Life will be completing the Registration with the Pensions Authority in September 2022 for the schemes that we will be the Registered Administrator for.
We are very excited to announce our two chosen charities for 2022, Alzheimer’s Ireland and Women’s Aid.
With effect from 1 January 2022 the Pensions Authority fees for members have increased.
