“Some people ask what’s the secret to a good marriage?   Twice a week; we take time to go to a nice restaurant, candlelight, a little wine, soft music. She goes Tuesdays. I go Fridays.” – Anon   This Sunday is Father’s Day. Now on Mother’s Day I’m expected to have a nice card and maybe [...]

Consider this story … Mr & Mrs Smith are an affluent couple in late 30’s/early 40′s. They have 6 children – 3 biological, 3 adopted. He is an actor and she is involved in humanitarian causes. They both look incredibly healthy. They were approached several years ago about life & illness cover but their Financial [...]

May is National Melanoma Awareness month, and even though we may think that the Irish weather doesn’t create much risk of contracting it, the facts are that it is a disease on the rise in this country.

So whats more important, the price of something or the value that you’ll ultimately derive from it?

Here’s a little exercise for you: open up your Facebook and log in. Go to your timeline and count the number of posts or photos that have been shared to your timeline by your friends. Now look at those again and identify the number of those that could be considered ‘like and share’ competitions. By [...]

Great-West Lifeco, the parent company of Canada Life in Ireland, has announced that following negotiations with the Irish Government, it has reached agreement to acquire Irish Life.

Another year has passed and it has seen an exceptional response from Irish Life staff with a massive €70,000 raised. This will be matched by the company and given to the two charities voted for by Irish Life staff, namely IMNDA & Haiti Orphanage Project ESPWA Each year staff select two Irish charities, one who [...]

A complete breakdown of the number of claims, the average ages of people making claims, and average claim payout per county for 2012, is now available here on our website. The information is broken up into two categories, one for specified illness claims and the other for the number of death claims made. http://www.irishlife.ie/advice/2012-claims-stats.html A [...]