Pension

Insurance Report: 17,000 inquiries annually, NIS 21.5m. returned to the public

The Capital Market Authority's public inquiries report for 2025 is published. In which areas were the most complaints received, and which companies stood out favorably relative to their market share?

Insurance agent.
‘NOAH’S ARK on Mount Ararat’ (1570) by Flemish painter Simon de Myle.

Your Investments: Building your Ark before retirement’s storm

IDF officers

Finance Ministry report reveals major salary gaps across Israel's security organizations

Eshkol Tower, Haifa University

Due to pensions: Haifa University in huge deficit, forced to lay off staff


Your Investments: ‘After the hagim’ personal finance

A few years ago, Financial Engines did a survey on financial procrastination. It found that 68% of adults age 55 or older admit to procrastinating on retirement planning.

Investment graph

Protestors attempted to break into PM Netanyahu's office

They were stopped by security guards at the scene.

Protesters break in to the Prime Minister's Office

Don’t count on your pension!

The key to solving the pension crisis is to understand that if Israel waits a decade to fix the problem when a million or more pensioners become paupers, it will be too late.

The writer, Shlomo Maital, with his new grandson Carmel Sapir Maital

Goodbye Israeli public pensions, hello U.S. private retirements savings?

The crux of the problem is that longer life expectancies and much lower birthrates are putting a toll on pension systems throughout the aging Western world.

Senior Israelis chat and warm up before a running session as they take part in games for people over 65 years old.