Life insurance-features and objectives

The life insurance is conceived to protect people dependent on one from the financial losses that such people would incur in case of one’s death. The life insurance policy has become a fundamental part of sound financial owing to its association with investments, retirement plans and plans for real estate. Nowadays, various life insurance products are available. Each
one is designed to fit certain unique circumstances and satisfy individual needs.

Two main kinds of life insurance are there:

i)Term insurance: This does not accumulate cash value and this is issued in order to cover the life of the insured person for a specific period of time only.

ii)Whole life insurance: These do accumulate cash value and are issued in order to cover the insured persons throughout their lifetime. The life insurance contract comprises of several rights and the person entitled for exercising these rights during the
lifetime of the insured is the owner of the insurance policy. The following are the most common of these rights: designation of beneficiary, selection of settlement options, assigning of policy
benefits, transfer of ownership, making policy loans and exercising policy of cash surrender.

The key purpose of life insurance is to provide security to one’s dependents in the event of one’s death. The family of the person insured will be protected from the risk of ruin due to financial
crisis. It serves a two-fold purpose:

i)Protecting one’s dependents with the monetary assistance to meet or settle one’s financial obligations.

ii)Providing funds for covering the loss of income (of family or dependents) resulting from one’s death.

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