When it comes to women and pensions things are not improving

Ireland’s women are more likely to have a smaller pension pot than their male counterparts.

Whether it’s due to the gender pay-gap, a more fractured career path, a lack of interest in pension planning, or simply down to affordability issues, female workers have less in the pension pot than their male counterparts.

What is more – as women live longer than men, their financial needs in retirement are also greater.

Kristen Foran, national sales director of Zurich Life Assurance discusses the issue in this article in The Irish Times.