Irish Life insurance without the admin

Kota makes it easy to offer Irish Life's cover to your team without the manual admin. We handle enrolment, leavers, and renewals automatically. Protect your people without chasing spreadsheets and provider confirmations.

Powering benefits for 65,000+ employees

What is Irish Life?

Protecting over 1.5 million customers, Irish Life is Ireland’s leading provider of life insurance, health cover, and pensions. They've been serving Irish businesses for over 80 years, with comprehensive insurance solutions designed for Irish employers and employees.

Group Life Insurance

Providing death-in-service cover, critical illness cover, group life - typically 1-4 times annual salary.

Health Insurance

Flexible health insurance options that can be tailored to your team's specific requirements.

Income Protection

Replace a portion of salary if employees can't work due to illness or injury.

Pension

Ireland's largest pension provider, trusted by 672,000 members and a chosen partner of Irish Government.

How Kota helps 
with Irish Life

Managing Irish Life insurance manually means tracking salary changes, updating beneficiaries, and reconciling premiums every month. Kota eliminates that by connecting directly to Irish Life and automatically syncing everything.

Automate enrolment for joiners

New employees are enrolled in Irish Life cover the day they start, based on the eligibility rules you set once. No manual forms or provider emails required.

Reduce risk of paying for leavers

When employees leave, Kota automatically removes them from Irish Life, stops premium payments, and keeps provider records accurate without manual intervention.

Payroll reconciliation

Irish Life premiums and contributions sync directly back into Kota and your deductions are calculated for you at every cycle with complete transparency.

Renewal management

Kota proactively handles Irish Life renewals, giving you time to review coverage levels and pricing well before deadline panic sets in.
GET STARTED

Launch Irish Life plans for your employees in four simple steps

Today

Connect

Link your HRIS to Kota to securely sync employee data, salaries, and start dates. Define eligibility and coverage rules once, and Kota automatically keeps Irish Life data up to date.

Tomorrow

Quote & activate cover

Request an Irish Life quote, review coverage options, and activate group life insurance directly with Kota. No back-and-forth emails, manual forms, or disconnected broker-led processes required.

This week

Automatically enrol employees

Eligible employees are enrolled automatically, with premiums calculated from real-time salary data and sent to payroll each cycle. Coverage updates happen instantly as employee details change.

Forever

Run benefits on autopilot

Kota manages renewals, leavers, and salary changes behind the scenes, keeping Irish Life records accurate year-round so your team stays protected without ongoing admin effort.

Talk to an expert

Read why customers run benefits with Kota

"People think they have to deal with brokers and paperwork, but that is not the case with Kota. It really works from an employee engagement perspective."

Niamh Langton, Studio Manager
A dramatically improved employee app experience
Significantly reduced ongoing admin for financial benefits
No more time-consuming broker back-and-forth

"Kota just makes everything easy to be honest. Everything is a lot more modern than what we were used to. Kota is seamless - we used brokers in the past and were clunky."

Lauren Seawright, Chief of Staff
Employee benefits set up in just a few clicks
Self-service for employees to access pension and health in one app
A benefits system that scales with Cloudsmith’s growth

"Kota is a game changer for us. Kota didn’t just streamline our processes. It raised the bar for what we expect from a benefits partner. It’s night and day to our 'old world’."

AnneMarie Lowry, Culture & People Enablement Director
A dramatically improved employee experience
Zero manual admin across onboarding, offboarding and updates
A benefits system that scales with Life Scientific's growth

“Before, everything to do with employee benefits was disconnected. Now, it’s all automated in one place. With Kota, it just works.”

Idan Shteinberg, People Operations
Rolled out 11+ flexible benefits through one platform
Automated onboarding and offboarding via HRIS integration
'Best use of benefits technology' at the Employee Benefits Awards

Irish Life FAQs

What is Irish Life group life insurance?

Irish Life group life insurance provides death-in-service cover for employees, typically offering a lump sum payment of 1-4 times annual salary to beneficiaries.

How does Kota integrate with Irish Life?

Kota connects directly to Irish Life to automate enrolment, unenrolment, and premium updates. Employee data syncs in real time.

Does Kota handle salary changes for Irish Life?

Yes. When salaries change in your HRIS, Kota automatically updates coverage levels and premiums with Irish Life without manual intervention.

What happens when an employee leaves?

Kota automatically removes leavers from Irish Life coverage and stops premium payments. This helps you avoid paying for ex-employees.

Can I manage Irish Life renewals through Kota?

Absolutely. Kota manages renewals proactively, giving you time to review coverage and pricing well before deadlines.

Offer Irish Life benefits without the admin

If employee benefits still means juggling spreadsheets, broker emails, and manual premium checks, there's a better way. Kota takes care of everything from onboarding to ongoing renewals.