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Life Insurance and Weight Loss Surgery

Bariatric surgery includes a variety of procedures for people who are unable to achieve satisfactory weight loss through diet and exercise alone.

The surgery reduces the stomach size making you feel fuller after small amounts of food.

Generally, the insurers postpone offering cover until 6 months after surgery.

Getting Life Insurance with an Eating Disorder

You can get life insurance if you've suffered from an eating disorder like anorexia or bulimia in the past.

If you're currently experiencing symptoms, the insurer will make a decision based on your medical report.

We can help you find the most sympathetic insurer for your condition.

Payout or Bust: Can Irish Life Insurers Really be Trusted?

We very recently ran a survey about Life Insurance and one thing came to light that I want to tackle: a lot of people don’t trust the insurers to pay out.

And I get it: insurers can be tricky fellas, with watertight terms and conditions, complicated underwriting and confusing jargon. We all know someone who made a health claim that fell through or whose car insurance is sky high.

But here’s the thing: Life Insurance is a little different. Read my blog for more.

Life Insurance with Asthma

Breathing.

Most people take it for granted.

But for some people with asthma, like our friend Dean, every breath in and out can be a struggle.

Fortunately, we got cover for Dean but we had to tread carefully because some insurers wanted to go to town on his premium.

Life Insurance After Prostate Cancer | Is it Possible?

Some guys don't like to admit to an illness. We bury our heads in the sand, hoping it will go away.

Even after it happens and we make a full recovery, we want to forget about it.

We don't want to talk about it.

And I get that.

So in this article, I'll try to read your mind and answer the questions going through your head concerning life insurance after prostate cancer.

Serious Illness Cover – The Ultimate Guide

Here’s the number one thing you need to know about Life Insurance: it isn’t actually for you; it’s to prevent a financial crisis for those you leave behind.

However, if you want to protect yourself then Serious Illness Cover is what you need.

Also known as Serious Illness Cover or Critical Illness Cover, Specified Serious Illness Cover pays you cash money if you get a serious illness. Get everything you need to know here.

Getting Life Insurance with Multiple Sclerosis

You may have scared the life out of yourself if you have been googling life insurance and MS.

Don't worry, it's not too difficult to get cover.

In this article, we go through what you need to know before you apply.

Non-Resident Life Insurance – Getting an Irish mortgage but living abroad

Most life insurance companies will turn their back on you if you're a non-resident.

You're dead to them.

Apart from one.

How Much is the Commission on Life Insurance?

Some people like to know how much commission we make, others couldn't give a toss.

They're happy with the service and realise we don't work for nuthin'

But look, we've nothing to hide

Life Insurance for Young Families

Having a baby is great (not literally having it of course, us menfolk have to deal with the horrors of manflu, how unfair would the lord above have been to lumber us with pregnancy too).

But those days after baby arrives, they suck...

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