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Car worth €50,000 - insured.
House worth €500,000 - insured.
Smart-phone worth €1000- insured.
Income worth €2,500,000 - NOT INSURED

Why not? I think I know...

You already know this if your other half has a chronic illness.

You’re not really supposed to admit it but it can be hard being with someone who is chronically ill. The flare-ups and the symptoms and the missed-things. Cancelling plans and going to doctor’s appointments and having to take time off work.

Sure, you’re not the one with the chronic illness, but it can feel like a third presence in any relationship.

Ultimately, all you want to do is help, but ‘chronic’ usually means ‘not curable’, so your partner’s illness becomes the new normal.

If the diagnosis is new, it can feel like a lot – and all you want to do is help out, but where do you start?

You're almost there.

The bank has eventually given you mortgage approval.

You've found your dream home.

The vendor has accepted your offer.

Now all you need to do is meet with your bank and buy their mortgage protection, right?

According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report, Ireland has the highest cases of obesity and excess weight in the whole of Europe. So you won't be surprised to hear the number one health issue we encounter at lion.ie is weight.

The first step is to calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI). This is a screening tool that uses height and weight to estimate body fat. Here's a quick calculator...

We know how awful irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is, being prone to constipation, alternating sometimes with diarrhoea, constantly feeling like a beast has taken up residence in your gut.

Arranging mortgage protection or life insurance with irritable bowel syndrome should be a breeze in comparison...if you choose the right insurer.

That's where we come in.

We're Ireland's specialist life insurance advisor which means we know which insurer to approach if you have IBS saving you time, hassle and most importantly money.

Money management is stressful. It’s even more stressful if you’re living with a chronic illness. The truth is that everything is a bit more difficult with a chronic illness: all the doctor’s appointments and treatments; flare-ups; time off work; and stress.

So today I’m skipping all the ‘ditch takeaways’ budgeting advice and filling you in on what you need to know about managing your money if you’ve got a long-term illness.

So those scoundrels at Aviva, Friends First, Irish Life, Royal London, New Ireland or Zurich Life have increased your premium, eh?

And you're wondering why?

Let me explain:

We're arranged cover for client with all kinds of weird and wonderful health conditions.

So nothing phases us.

Here are the 23 most common conditions we come across.

It's possible to get life insurance after cancer.

But it depends on the type of cancer and how aggressive it was.

Here's out quick guide to applying for life cover after cancer.

Sometimes finding information on government websites can feel a bit like a hero’s journey straight out of your favourite fantasy novel.

Start on one website, end up on six different sites, pick up a stray Hobbit, pass through Mordor, defeat Sauron, and land on a page that’s meant to help – and yet you’ve still no idea what counts as a qualified adult and what all the numbers in front of you means.

All you want to do is figure out how to protect yourself if you got sick. And yet…what’s all this gobbledegook and either/or logic around PRSI and relevant tax years?