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Life insurance
What is Life Insurance?
Life insurance (or life assurance, especially in the Commonwealth of Nations), is a contract
between an insurance policy holder and an insurer or assurer, where the insurer promises to pay a
designated beneficiary a sum of money (the benefit) in exchange for a premium, upon the death
of an insured person (often the policy holder). Depending on the contract, other events such as
terminal illness or critical illness can also trigger payment. The policy holder typically pays a
premium, either regularly or as one lump sum. Other expenses (such as funeral expenses) can
also be included in the benefits.

Life policies are legal contracts and the terms of the contract describe the limitations of the
insured events. Specific exclusions are often written into the contract to limit the liability of the
insurer; common examples are claims relating to suicide, fraud, war, riot, and civil commotion.

Life-based contracts tend to fall into two major categories:

Protection policies designed to provide a benefit, typically a lump sum payment, in the
event of a specified occurrence. A common form - more common in years past - of a
protection policy design is term insurance.
Investment policies the main objective of these policies is to facilitate the growth of
capital by regular or single premiums. Common forms (in the U.S.) are whole life,
universal life, and variable life policies.

History of Life Insurance:

An early form of life insurance dates to Ancient Rome; "burial clubs" covered the cost of
members' funeral expenses and assisted survivors financially. The first company to offer life
insurance in modern times was the Amicable Society for a Perpetual Assurance Office, founded
in London in 1706 by William Talbot and Sir Thomas Allen. Each member made an annual
payment per share on one to three shares with consideration to age of the members being twelve
to fifty-five. At the end of the year a portion of the "amicable contribution" was divided among
the wives and children of deceased members, in proportion to the amount of shares the heirs
owned. The Amicable Society started with 2000 members.
Five differences between Property Insurance and Life Insurance

1. Life insurance essentially insures human life, while property insurance insures peoples
property (real or personal).

2. Life insurance covers a certain risk, which is the death of the insured. Property covers
various risks and uncertain events that may cause damage to someones property.

3. Life insurance is not renewed annually and expires only with the death of the insured or
in the case of a lapse (in most cases). In contrast, Property is regularly renewed either
annually, semi-annually, monthly depending on the type of insurance and the renewal
terms as agreed upon in the policy. For example, with an Inland Marine Policy, insured
property will be covered from the beginning of transportation to the arrival of the
destination.

4. In life insurance, the beneficiary/beneficiaries receive the payable benefit due to the death
of the insured. Once this transaction occurs, the policy is terminated. Conversely,
Property can have multiple compensations (claims processed) and the policy may
continue in force or be terminated with the payment to the insured. For example, on an
insured property the insurance policy can have two different events such as theft and
flood due to rainfall and they would both be covered.

5. Lastly, in life insurance there is no subrogation, defined as the right for an insurer to
pursue a third party that caused an insurance loss to the insured, however, in Property
it is present.