While life insurance protects a person’s death, general insurance covers other elements and assets in a person’s life, such as health, automobile, travel, house, and so on. This sort of insurance protects assets against theft or damage caused by fires, natural catastrophes, accidents, man-made disasters such as riots or terrorist attacks, and so on.
While life insurance plans protect against the danger of death, general insurance protects against various sorts of hazards that may harm a person’s health or some of his or her physical possessions such as a home or a vehicle, among other things.
The longevity of the policy is a significant difference between the two. Life insurance policies are long-term contracts that require policyholders to pay either a lump sum premium or recurring monthly, quarterly, or annual payments over an extended period of time. For instance, 15-20 years or even a lifetime. In contrast, general insurance is a short-term plan that is often renewed yearly.
A life insurance policy’s premium is paid at regular intervals such as monthly, quarterly, or yearly. The payment for a general insurance policy, on the other hand, is paid all at once, either when the policy is purchased or when it is renewed. This is not the situation with a travel insurance plan, where a person simply pays a premium when purchasing insurance for a specific trip.