A company that offers insurance policies to the public, either by selling directly to an individual or through another source such as an employee's benefit plan. An insurance company is usually comprised of multiple insurance agents. An insurance company can specialize in one type of insurance, such as life insurance, health insurance, or auto insurance, or offer multiple types of insurance.
Types of Insurance Company:
1. Life insurance: It pays the beneficiary of the life insurance policy in the event of the death of the insured.
2. Health Insurance: the risk insured is medical treatments that the company
pays the insured all or a portion of the cost of the medical treatments.
3. Property and casualty insurance: the risk insured by property and casualty
insurance companies is damage to various types of properties.
4. Liability insurance: the risk insured against is litigation or the risk of lawsuits
against the insured due to actions by the insured or others.
5. Disability insurance: It insured against the inability of employed persons to earn an income in either their own occupation or any others.
6. Long-term
care insurance: It insured as custodian care for the aged who
become concerned about outliving their assets and being unable to care for themselves as they age.