MEN on average insure themselves for double the amount of cover females do, according to research.

THE average life cover claimant last year was 58 years old with €110,755 being the average payout.

UNMARRIED couples who have purchased a house together have been warned that they could be hit with a tax bill of as much as €30,000 if one of them passes away.

SMOKERS can now pay up to €12,000 less over the course of their life assurance cover than they could have done 10 years ago.

HOMEOWNERS who have restructured their mortgage are at risk of not being properly insured on their home loans.

BEING single doesn’t pay off — when it comes to insurance.

ROYAL Liver Group is undertaking a major review of some of its group activities, including its Citadel advice service set up in Ireland in 2006.

Smokers were today given an added incentive to kick the habit – saving up to €5,000 on life insurance policies.

Greg Dyer, head of sales and marketing at savings and investment company Caledonian Life, talks to David Clerkin.

England’s Rob Green won the Caledonian Life Munster senior open championship at Sunday’s Well when he beat John McGahon from Dundalk for the loss of only two games in the decider.