Definition : Insurance is the equitable transfer of the risk of a loss, from one entity to another in exchange for payment. It is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent, uncertain loss.

Why we need Insurance ?

Insurance is there to provide protection for yourself, your investment and your business. Disaster could take any form; car breaks down, roof leaks, a major home fire, an automobile accident that leads to a legal action and someone in the family becomes ill.
Insurance gives you peace of mind and you know that if anything happens to you, your family or your business that you will be financially secure.
The best course of action is to prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

Types Of Insurance :

1) Life Insurance

2) General Insurance

An insurer, or insurance carrier, is a company selling the insurance; the insured, or policyholder, is the person or entity buying the insurance policy. The amount of money to be charged for a certain amount of insurance coverage is called the premium. Risk management, the practice of appraising and controlling risk, has evolved as a discrete field of study and practice.

The transaction involves the insured assuming a guaranteed and known relatively small loss in the form of payment to the insurer in exchange for the insurer's promise to compensate (indemnify) the insured in the case of a financial (personal) loss. The insured receives a contract, called the insurance policy, which details the conditions and circumstances under which the insured will be financially compensated.

Some Terms Affects to it  : 

1) Term Insurance
This type of life insurance policy is a contract between the insured and the life insurance company to pay the persons/s he has given entitlement to receive the money, in the case of his/her death, after a certain period of time. These policies can be taken for 5, 10, 15, 20 or 30 years.

2) Endowment Policy
In an endowment policy, periodic premiums are received by the insured person and a lump sum is received either on the death of the insured or once the policy period expires.

3) Money Back Life Insurance Policy
This policy offers the payment of partial survival benefits (money back), as is determined in the insurance contract, while the insured is still alive. In case the insured dies during the period of the policy, the beneficiary gets the full sum insured without the deduction of the money back amount given so far.

4) Group Life Insurance
This is when a group of people have been named under a single life insurance policy. It is popular for an employer or a company to add employees under the same policy. Each member of the group has a certificate as legal evidence of insurance. Unit Linked Insurance Plan