Video: Is Life Insurance Halal?

Joe Bradford

| 04/10/2019

Joe answers the question “Is Life Insurance Halal?” discussing:

  • What is an insurable interest,
  • how insurance companies are structured,
  • and how they invest the insurance pool (i.e. the money that you pay for the policy).

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