You can buy life insurance on a joint life or dual life basis.

With joint life, your policy pays out on the first death then your policy ends.

With dual life, your policy pays out on first death and cover continues for the survivor.

This article was inspired by an email from a woman called Annie, who wrote in:

Hi. My Life Insurance has been postponed, and I need it for a mortgage and am wondering if there is Life Insurance out there that I can get?

Obviously, for Annie, this is not good. Annie's done the hard part and saved the deposit and went and found a house to buy. However, to buy a home in Ireland, you have to get Mortgage Protection, which pays off your mortgage to the bank if you die.

You’ve heard the old rhyming one-liner: an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Well, apparently an aspirin a day keeps heart disease away – though it remains to be seen if that’s entirely true.

It’s also completely useless if you’ve recently been diagnosed with a heart condition.

Heart conditions are scary – and you absolutely don’t need the added stress of worrying about financial issues. To ease your mind, I’m looking at how to be financially healthy.

In this blog, we explore the different types of life insurance and provide insights on how to find the most affordable policy that fits your budget and needs.

Whether you're looking for term life insurance or mortgage protection, this article will help you compare quotes and make an informed decision.

Strictly speaking, your kids don't need life insurance.

You see, life insurance exists to replace the income of a breadwinner.

And if your kids are anything like mine, they certainly aren't winning any bread.

Eating it, yes and slowly bleeding you dry.

I have life insurance through work

Why do I need another policy?

Hospital cash cover is a handy safety net to have.

It will pay you cold hard cash if you end up in the hospital for more than three days.

It's especially important if you don't have sick pay or income protection.

Need life insurance but don't fancy getting prodded and poked by a doctor?

That's understandable.

You'll be glad to hear you can get cover without a medical

Tick tock.

Do you hear that?

That’s the sound of your life getting shorter, second by second.

Okay, so that’s a bit dramatic – but it’s true.

To answer the heralded question in the blog title: now is the best time to get Life Insurance.

One of the most popular searches around Life Insurance is ‘is Life Insurance a scam?’ If you Google it, you’ll get a whole bunch of results – some of which include helpful articles on spotting or avoiding such a scam.

The vast majority of the time, Life Insurance is a fair deal.

I’m all about honesty at Lion so let’s take a crack at some of the biggest myths around Life Insurance.