Life insurance is a legal agreement between an insurance policy holder and an insurance company. The policy holder pays a fixed premium amount regularly, and in the event of their death, the insurance company pays a designated beneficiary a sum of money. There are several types of life insurance policies, including term life (pays out if the policy holder dies within a specified term), whole life (pays out upon death at any time), and endowment policies (pays out a predefined amount either on death or at a set maturity date). Life insurance offers tax benefits under Indian tax laws and helps secure the financial future of a policy holder's family.