Despite how it sounds, Section 72 isn’t actually the name of a military base deep in America where aliens are being investigated. I mean it could be. CIA, don’t come for me.

Let’s try that again. In the context of Life Insurance: Section 72 ISN'T the name of a secret military base where aliens are being investigated.

Instead, Section 72 is a type of Life Insurance you can take out in Ireland to pay off Capital Acquisition Tax. Also known as CAT. Also known as ‘meow’.

Also known, more commonly, as inheritance tax.

Inheritance tax is the bogeyman of tax. It’s also fecking ridiculous. So let’s start by talking about that CAT.

There's a very clever way of buying more life insurance cover yet paying less.

And it's so easy to do.

That's what I look at in today's blog.

Look, choosing a life insurance policy isn't easy.

But follow these quick tips and you'll be fine.

If not, I'm here to help.

Some things will make you sit back and take stock of everything.

Getting married.

Having kids.

Those are the good ones.

But the flip side is correct, too: getting fired, a sudden death, cancer, or an accident can leave you reeling.

Especially if it’s something like a car crash that can hit so entirely out of the blue.  

Should you cancel life insurance?

It depends on the stage you're at in your life.

In this article, we look at who should, and who shouldn't cancel their life insurance.

Do you remember the first time you drove in the dark?

Were you scared?

I was terrified, lost, and couldn't use the headlights.

And I had a baby on the way...

You’ve probably read that title and recoiled a bit with the bang of BS off it.

And yes, you’d be right. It does sound farfetched, but you can buy Life Insurance with cashback.

It’s all a matter of knowing a guy who knows a guy who knows about insurance — or knowing a guy who knows how to Google and ended up on this here part of the internet.

You get the feeling you’re starting to get on a bit when you turn on the radio and don’t recognise any of the artists.

And now look at you, you’re reading a blog about Life Insurance.

It’s over my friend.

Make peace with becoming a curmudgeon, watching The Late Late Show and finding outrage at every turn.

Having a baby is just about the most adult thing you do.

It’s also wildly rewarding, even if it doesn’t feel like it when they’ve thrown their dinner on the floor (just after you mopped it) or they’ve somehow managed to paint their entire body in a strange concoction of food things (just after you bathed them).

Never estimate the amount of damage a small child can do in five minutes.

They’re also expensive...

It’s very easy to think that bankers are wan…bad guys. Sure wasn’t it the bank’s fault that the Boom collapsed so badly?

Between massive loans and inflated prices, it was all a bit of a disaster. But we’ve sort of returned to a middle ground where the banks aren’t such bad guys after all.

Or have we?

When it comes to Life Insurance, that’s definitely not the case. Why? Let’s take a look at why buying insurance with a bank will hit you square in the pocket.