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Long Term Care and Healthcare Insurance

Ageing is affecting many OECD countries and, as demographic change progresses, governments will be challenged to identify financially sustainable ways to support the care of ageing populations. The OECD’s Insurance and Private Pensions Committee launched a project on long-term care and health insurance in 2017. This page provides access to the reports published to date.

Seminar on Quality Infrastructure Investment

15-16 December 2020 - This event brought together policy makers, multilateral development banks, international organisations, and private sector stakeholders to discuss ways to promote and advance Quality Instructure Investment, including tools, guidelines, and policy actions to support implementation and financing.

Meeting on making ESG meaningful for insurers and pension funds

The OECD Insurance and Private Pensions Committee (IPPC) and the Working Party on Private Pensions (WPPP) are holding a joint meeting on 11 December 2020 to discuss potential next steps on their work on sustainable and ESG investment.

Staying the Course: Don’t let COVID-19 affect your pension too

Planning for tomorrow may seem like wishful thinking when life today is tough. COVID-19 is disrupting the livelihoods of many around the globe. On top of the health threat, many people have lost their jobs, especially in hard-hit sectors like tourism, retail and aviation, making it harder to save for retirement.

The role of funded pensions in providing retirement income to people in non-standard forms of work

The role and design of funded private pensions will change as labour market patterns change and the proportion of workers engaged in non-standard forms of work is growing in many OECD countries. This OECD-EU project analyses whether workers who are self-employed or employed under non-standard contracts require different forms of funded pension provision.

COVID-19 crisis adds pressure to private and public pensions systems

The COVID-19 crisis has compounded the challenges facing retirement savings and old-age pension arrangements and added new ones, according to a new OECD report.

OECD Pensions Outlook 2020

Launch of the 2020 OECD Pensions Outlook

7 December 2020 - Every two years, the OECD Pensions Outlook provides an analysis of the main policy issues affecting pensions in OECD countries and assesses trends in retirement income systems. It discusses policy initiatives for strengthening the sustainability and resilience of pension systems, funded private pension systems in particular.

Financial incentives and retirement savings

Launched in 2014, this project reviews the cost effectiveness of tax and other financial incentives. It assesses more efficient ways of using public money to increase savings for retirement, retirement income and replacement rates.

Financial incentives for funded private pension plans: OECD country profiles, 2020

04/12/2020 - This report describes the tax treatment of retirement savings in OECD countries. It also covers non-tax financial incentives provided to encourage individuals to save for retirement in funded private pension plans.