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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Life Insurance


Life Insurance is a risk policy against death. The insured transfers a risk to the insurer. There are two kinds of life insurance policies -- term life and permanent life. Further, permanent policies can be divided into whole, universal, limited-pay, endowment and accidental.
The kind of life insurance policies that is best suited varies from person to person. Over-insurance, unsuitable life insurance and various other problems have made life insurance policies a pretty risky purchase.
Every life insurance company has various policies that cater to people from all walks of life.
One should think about various factors before opting for life insurance like time, monthly budget, liquidity and need of risk coverage before taking on any life insurance policy.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, better known as MetLife is one of the oldest companies in the USA. MetLife is also one of the largest insurance companies in America.
The New York Life Insurance Company is another major player in the insurance market in the US. It was renamed New York Live Insurance Company in 1845. It is the largest mutual life insurance company in the US.

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