You want to buy a whole life insurance or term life insurance. How do you determine the monetary value of the insurance you are buying, I mean how much money should you insure for your term life or whole life. Let say you are insuring your house or a car, how do you determine how much coverage should you get. Well, the protection amount is determined by various factors. For life insurance, your age and health conditions are most important factor, and for non life, the condition of the subject is important. How much premium you should be paying depend on the value of your insured item and the coverage you choose. You pay more for full coverage, and pay less for partial coverage.