life assurance
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a contractual arrangement under which, in return for a stipulated premium, a life assurance company undertakes to pay, on the death of the life assured or on the occurrence of such other events as maybe agreed, a specified sum of money.Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006