insurance

insurance: noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ comprehensive

▪ fully comprehensive car insurance

▪ adequate

▪ additional

▪ long-term, short-term

▪ national, social, state

▪ employer-provided (AmE)

▪ Many people are covered by employer-provided health insurance.

▪ personal, private

▪ commercial

▪ compulsory

▪ life

▪ disability, health, health-care, medical

▪ home, homeowner (AmE), house (esp. BrE), household (BrE)

▪ auto (AmE), car, motor (BrE)

▪ travel

▪ accident, fire, flood (esp. AmE)

▪ legal-expenses (BrE), unemployment (esp. AmE), workers' compensation (AmE)

▪ credit (esp. AmE)

▪ liability, malpractice (AmE), professional-indemnity (BrE), public-liability (BrE), third-party

▪ general, universal (esp. AmE)

▪ universal health insurance

▪ marine

▪ special

VERB + INSURANCE

▪ have, maintain

▪ Do you have fully comprehensive insurance?

▪ The company maintains liability insurance for its directors and officers. (formal)

▪ lack (esp. AmE)

▪ Millions of Americans lack adequate health insurance.

▪ apply for

▪ arrange (esp. BrE), buy, get, obtain, purchase, take out

▪ The contract requires me to arrange my own insurance.

▪ The travel agent recommended that I take out travel insurance.

▪ afford

▪ need

▪ sell

▪ pay

▪ I haven't paid the insurance yet this month.

▪ claim, claim on (both esp. BrE)

▪ She set fire to her house and then claimed insurance.

▪ We claimed for the car repairs on the insurance.

▪ offer (sb)

▪ provide (sb with)

INSURANCE + VERB

▪ cover sb/sth, pay for sth

▪ Does your personal accident insurance cover mountain rescue?

▪ Millions of people in the US are not covered by health insurance.

▪ The insurance will pay for the damage.

INSURANCE + NOUN

▪ cover (BrE), coverage

▪ insurance cover for bodily injury to third parties

▪ policy

▪ a personal insurance policy

▪ plan, programme/program, scheme (BrE), system

▪ a compulsory health insurance system

▪ a national insurance scheme

▪ contribution (esp. BrE), payment, premium

▪ a monthly insurance premium

▪ Labour has increased national insurance contributions to pay for public services. (BrE)

▪ costs, rates

▪ rising insurance costs

▪ claim

▪ benefits, money, payout

▪ He bought a new suit out of the insurance money.

▪ services

▪ business, industry, market, sector

▪ carrier (AmE), company, firm, fund, group, provider (esp. AmE)

▪ adjuster (AmE)

▪ agent, broker, salesman, underwriter

▪ certificate (esp. BrE)

PREPOSITION

▪ insurance against

▪ More people are taking out insurance against the high cost of dental care.

▪ insurance for

▪ compulsory insurance for personal injury to employees

▪ insurance on

▪ The court heard that he stood to gain millions in insurance on his wife.

▪ insurance with

▪ Her insurance is with General Accident.

PHRASES

▪ a certificate of insurance (esp. BrE)

▪ a contract of insurance (BrE)

▪ a period of insurance (BrE)

▪ If you make more than two claims in any period of insurance you may lose your no-claims bonus.

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Synonyms:

Assurance, security against loss

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Insurance — In*sur ance, n. [From {Insure}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
insurance — ► NOUN 1) the action of insuring. 2) the business of providing insurance. 3) money paid for insurance, or as compensation under an insurance policy. 4) a thing providing protection against a possible eventuality … English terms dictionary
insurance — [in shoor′əns] n. [earlier ensurance < OFr enseurance: see ENSURE] 1. an insuring or being insured against loss; a system of protection against loss in which a number of individuals agree to pay certain sums (premiums) periodically for a… … English World dictionary
insurance — (n.) 1550s, engagement to marry, a variant of ensurance (see ENSURE (Cf. ensure)). Commercial sense of security against loss or death in exchange for payment is from 1650s. ASSURANCE (Cf. Assurance) was the older term for this (late 16c.) … Etymology dictionary
insurance — see assure, assurance … Modern English usage
insurance — [n] protection, security allowance, assurance, backing, cover, coverage, guarantee, indemnification, indemnity, provision, safeguard, support, warrant, warranty; concepts 318,332 … New thesaurus
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insurance — /in shoor euhns, sherr /, n. 1. the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one s person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a… … Universalium
insurance — Guarding against property loss or damage making payments in the form of premiums to an insurance company, which pays an agreed upon sum to the insured in the event of loss. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * insurance in‧sur‧ance [ɪnˈʆʊərəns ǁ… … Financial and business terms
insurance — A contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, one party undertakes to compensate the other for loss on a specified subject by specified perils. The party agreeing to make the compensation is usually called the insurer or underwriter; the… … Black's law dictionary

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