Making Cents: Life and death lessons - covering all the bases

More than 70% of Irish people surveyed recently said financial security for their family was extremely or very important, but more than a third of respondents did not have life cover, writes Gráinne McGuinness.

More than 70% of Irish people surveyed recently said financial security for their family was extremely or very important, but more than a third of respondents did not have life cover, writes Gráinne McGuinness.

It is a situation Sarah McGurrin of Orca Financial Ltd sees all the time, and she said customers should think more about how beneficial cover would be if the worst should happen.