Category Archives: Insurance

News of the World: Money Saving Expert on EU Gender Case

Our weekly column in the Irish News of the World is here. This week we looked at the EU gender directive case that was to be heard today and news is just in that it passed. This is interesting as it means that in the future that insurance companies will not be able to price people according to their sex, they will have to use other methods. This is interesting, many people accept that young males are ‘more risky’, but while this is statistically true it isn’t down to biology alone and for that reason they are saying you can’t use biology to underwrite, rather you will have to seek to pinpoint that risk and identify it then price it.

What kind of accountant do you want?

Do you want a person who can merely do up your books and has the credentials to stand over the final figures? If so then Advisors.ie is perhaps a solution for you.

If you’d rather have a person who can look at your business, do you books, finalize figures and perform an audit where necessary then we are likely the solution for you.

But if you want an accountant in Dublin who can do all of that and also figure out ways to cut your costs, reduce your tax bills and use the best methods for ensuring that you stay in business and don’t pay more tax then necessary, while also being able to advise you personally on your finances and also shop around on your behalf for cheaper solutions for the financial products and services you use then we are definitely the people you are looking for!

Sunday Times – to fix or not with Jill Kerby

Jill Kerby, the widely known Personal Finance columnist with the Sunday Times mentioned our company in her piece last week about fixing a mortgage or not. ‘I asked Karl Deeter of Irish Mortgage Brokers for his view. He believes that fixing for three years at the rate of 3.89% you’ve been offered by AIB is a good deal. At just 0.2 points higher than the two-year rate, he reckons it is a premium worth paying.’