Dominican Republic's Pensions Superintendency (SIPEN) published an update from its 24th anniversary ceremony, reporting continued growth in the Dominican pension system and outlining steps to simplify benefit processing. The superintendent said total pension fund assets reached DOP 1.6 trillion by end-November 2025, representing the savings of 5.5 million affiliates, and that SIPEN is in the process of interconnecting with the Central Electoral Board (JCE) to enable pension fund administrators (AFPs) to access the Dominican civil registry. More than 450,000 affiliates have received pension-system benefits, including over 109,000 old-age or unemployment pensions, around 19,000 disability benefits, more than 36,000 survivorship pensions and over 31,000 pension-inheritance payments to relatives. The speech also cited 940 terminally ill affiliates who received full reimbursement of accumulated funds and more than 255,000 late-entry affiliates who accessed their balances. The update highlighted international recognition for SIPEN’s education and communication initiatives, including a first-place award from the International Social Security Association (ISSA) video festival and three good-practice certificates from the International Association of Pension Fund Supervisors (AIOS) linked to initiatives such as the R.I.T.A. chatbot, the “Here We Know About Pensions” seal and the “Know Your Future” communications strategy. It also referenced capacity-building work in 2025 to move toward risk-based supervision, technology modernisation and expanded cooperation with the International Monetary Fund, AIOS, the World Bank and the Inter-American Conference on Social Security, alongside technical support to the Police Reform Commission on actuarial evaluation of National Police retirement plans using an International Labour Organization platform.

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