Life-based contracts have two major categories:

Protection Policies

Designed to provide a benefit in the event of specified event, typically a lump sum payment. A common form of this design is term insurance.

Investment Policies

Where the main objective is to facilitate the growth of capital by regular or single premiums. Common forms are whole life, universal life and variable life policies.

Life Insurance Carriers

American General (AIG)
Assurity Life
Fidelity Guaranty
Foresters Financial
Gerber Life
Liberty Bankers Life
Mutual Of Omaha
Transamerica
Trinity Life