Life Insurance

[gilana]

 Does anyone know anything about life insurance?  It's occurred to me that that's one of those grown-up type things that might be good for us to have, at least enough to cover any funeral and burial expenses, but googling it is a little overwhelming, since there seem to be more kinds and options than I can easily wade through.  Do any of you understand this stuff, or can you point me in a useful direction?  We have renters and auto insurance through Liberty Mutual, so I'll likely go through them unless there's a reason to go elsewhere, but apparently my agent is out of town for a few weeks, so I can't just ask him right now.  Thanks!