The simplest explanation of insurance may be taken as a payment made in a smaller amount for the purpose of protecting a predictable and potential larger amount of loss either by property or an amount deemed to be the value of life. It is transferring an individual’s, a group’s or a company’s risk to the insurance company for an agreed amount with conditions stipulated in the contract.

Everybody needs insurance for simply practical reasons but not everybody feels the needs of the same. Others do not put insurance on their priority list only to find out its importance after losing something or needed to spend a lot of money for something they might not have resorted to losing or spending had they made insurance into their priority list.

Many people might not have experienced claiming the insurance reason why some of them feel like getting their money to waste as they issue insurance checks month after month. Some people will only come to realize the importance of paying insurance premiums when something happens to an insured property or life. Of course nobody wants to have such experience as hassles and inconvenience still make a great part of the process although financial risks are met by insurance companies.

Insurance do not only protect you from financial risks over your properties and, to some extent, life, it is also one of the greatest factors of America’s economic success. If you lease your car or mortgage your property, come to think about who has the stake over your property? Needless to say, the banks or the mortgagees as they would not lend out their money without having a good chance of getting them back, including the calculated returns.

Theodore Herring is the President and founder of University Insurance Agency LLC and creator of the controversial report “Your Insurance bill doesn’t have to kill you” an insider’s look at why most Americans are paying too much for their insurance and how they can use insurance to fund their way of life not just their time of death.

Theodore also serves as a Faculty member at Hampton University, Where he teaches classes for students 55 and better in retirement, Heath care and Wellness at Hampton University’s prestigious OSHER Life Long Learning Institute.