What is ‘serious illness’ or ‘specified illness’ cover Serious illness (sometimes also called specified illness) is a type of cover that pays out in the event of the life assured experienci... Continue reading
The Thornhill Report The link to the Thornhill report is here, it is the founding document of our new property tax Continue reading
Group Mortgage Protection Cover The housing loan lender is obliged under the Consumer Credit Act 1995, section 126(1) to arrange at least one group or block policy wit... Continue reading
Philanthropic banks? Hardly… The banks do manage to get some positive PR even in the current anti-banking environment. Yesterday's Independent carried a story by Ch... Continue reading
Sunshine 106.8fm personal finance show Click here to hear our personal finance slot on Sunshine 106.8fm which is on every Tuesday evening at 18:30. This week we looked at th... Continue reading
Mortgage Protection explained Housing loan lenders will usually insist on borrower's having a Mortgage Protection assurance policy as a form of collateral security.... Continue reading
FSA Mortgage Lending Data published While mortgage lending in the UK is not exactly of Irish interest, it is worth looking at to see the challenges that our nearest neighb... Continue reading
DIRT rate increased to 33% The normal DIRT rate will increase from 30% to 33% with effect from 1st January 2013 onwards. The DIRT rate applying to deposit tracker... Continue reading
European Bond Yields I thought it would be worth giving a snap shot of the different term profiles of European debt, Ireland doesn't look as bad as many peo... Continue reading
What will your property tax bill be? The Department of Finance have put up a league table of how much less well off you'll be depending on your property value. You can find... Continue reading