It is essential to know what your financial needs are—whether you want to save for your family and build a corpus for a long-term financial goal (buying a house, higher education for children, retirement, etc.) or not. Based on that, you need to assess your Human Life Value (HLV), i.e., the amount of money you need to put aside to protect your loved ones. Equally important is to know the available product categories. The three product categories that you can choose from are unit linked insurance plans (Ulips), term insurance plans (pure protection), and traditional or endowment plans. Ulips are suitable for you if you have a risk taking ability as these plans provide an exposure to equity markets, offering potentially high returns.