This can be confusing: which one to take first-a life insurance or health insurance policy? The answer to that is pretty obvious-health insurance, before taking life. Yet, chances are you will come across people with little or no health insurance, but have some form of life policy or the other. The odds of falling sick are much more than those of dying, but people rarely show the maturity to go for a health insurance policy when they start earning. The few who do have it, is because of an employer provided policy.