Explore the transformation of insurance from Babylonian contracts to modern policies, highlighting key developments like fire and life insurance.

Life insurance costs an average of $13 a month ($156 a year) for a 20-year, $250,000 term life insurance policy for a healthy 30-year-old buyer, based on our analysis. The same policy costs $19 a ...

I was in a café last month when the guy next to me casually said, “Yeah, I just bought life insurance on my phone.” No paperwork. No awkward desk meeting. Just ...

Roughly half of Americans have life insurance. Fewer people own policies that will last beyond their current jobs. Is that a bad thing?

Life insurance policies sometimes get lost. Here's how to find them.