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in·sur·ance

(ĭn-sho͝or′əns)

a. The act, business, or system of insuring.

b. The state of being insured.

c. A means of being insured.

a. An arrangement or agreement that protects someone from incurring future losses, as from damage, theft, illness, or death, especially a contract that transfers the risk of a specified loss to another party in exchange for the payment of a premium.

b. The sum or rate for which such a contract insures something.

c. The periodic premium paid for this coverage.

3. A protective measure: biking helmets that provide insurance against a head injury.

adj. Sports

Being a point or score that increases one competitor's lead enough to prevent the opponent from achieving a tie with one more score: an insurance run.

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insurance

(ɪnˈʃʊərəns; -ˈʃɔː-)

1. (Insurance)

a. the act, system, or business of providing financial protection for property, life, health, etc, against specified contingencies, such as death, loss, or damage, and involving payment of regular premiums in return for a policy guaranteeing such protection

b. the state of having such protection

c. Also called: insurance policy the policy providing such protection

d. the pecuniary amount of such protection

e. the premium payable in return for such protection

f. (as modifier): insurance agent; insurance broker; insurance company.

2. a means of protecting or safeguarding against risk or injury

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in•sur•ance

(ɪnˈʃʊər əns, -ˈʃɜr-)

n.

1. the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one's person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, in return for payment.

2. coverage by contract in which one party agrees to indemnify or reimburse another for loss that occurs under the terms of the contract.

3. the contract itself, set forth in a written agreement or policy.

4. the amount for which anything is insured.

5. a premium paid for insurance.

6. any means of guaranteeing against loss or harm: to take vitamin C as insurance against colds.

[1545–55]

pron: See police.

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Noun	1.	insurance - promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company security, protection - defense against financial failure; financial independence; "his pension gave him security in his old age"; "insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness" assurance - a British term for some kinds of insurance automobile insurance, car insurance - insurance against loss due to theft or traffic accidents business interruption insurance - insurance that provides protection for the loss of profits and continuing fixed expenses resulting from a break in commercial activities due to the occurrence of a peril coinsurance - insurance issued jointly by two or more underwriters fire insurance - insurance against loss due to fire group insurance - insurance that is purchased by a group (such as the employees of a company) usually at a reduced rate to individual members of the group hazard insurance - insurance that provides protection against certain risks such as storms or fires health insurance - insurance against loss due to ill health liability insurance - insurance that provides protection from claims arising from injuries or damage to other people or property life assurance, life insurance - insurance paid to named beneficiaries when the insured person dies; "in England they call life insurance life assurance" malpractice insurance - insurance purchased by physicians and hospitals to cover the cost of being sued for malpractice; "obstetricians have to pay high rates for malpractice insurance" reinsurance - sharing the risk by insurance companies; part or all of the insurer's risk is assumed by other companies in return for part of the premium paid by the insured; "reinsurance enables a client to get coverage that would be too great for any one company to assume" self-insurance - insuring yourself by setting aside money to cover possible losses rather than by purchasing an insurance policy term insurance - low-cost insurance that is valid only for a stated period of time and has no cash surrender value or loan value; "term insurance is most often associated with life insurance policies"
	2.	insurance - written contract or certificate of insurance; "you should have read the small print on your policy" insurance policy, policy contract - a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law floating policy, floater - an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location
	3.	insurance - protection against future loss indemnity shelter, protection - the condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home"

insurance

noun

1. assurance, cover, security, protection, coverage, safeguard, indemnity, indemnification You are advised to take out insurance on your lenses.

2. protection, security, guarantee, provision, shelter, safeguard, warranty Put something away as insurance against failure of the business.

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Translations

تأمينتَأْمِيـنُ

pojištěnípojišťovacípojišťovna

forsikringforsikrings-

Versicherung

ασφάλιση ασφάλεια

seguro

vakuutusvakuutusala

assurance

osiguranje

trygging

assicurazione protezione assicurativo

保険保険業

보험

страховой страховка страховое соглашение страхование

poisťovací

zavarovanje

försäkring

การประกัน

sigorta

bảo hiểm

保险

insurance

[ɪnˈʃʊərəns]

A. N (Comm) → seguro m
insurance against theft/fire/damage → seguro m contra robo/incendio/daños
comprehensive/third party insurance → seguro m a todo riesgo/contra terceros
to take out insurance → hacerse un seguro

B. CPD insurance agent N → agente mf de seguros
insurance broker N → corredor(a) m/f de seguros, agente mf de seguros
insurance certificate N → certificado m de seguro
insurance claim N → demanda f de seguro
insurance company N → compañía f de seguros
insurance policy N → póliza f de seguros
insurance premium N → prima f del seguro

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insurance

[ɪnˈʃʊərəns ɪnˈʃɔːrəns]

(on property, car, life, health) → assurance f
Do you have any insurance? → Vous avez une assurance?
BUT Vous êtes assuré?.
to take out insurance → prendre une assurance, souscrire à une assurance
He hadn't taken out any insurance → Il n'avait pas pris d'assurance., Il n'avait souscrit à aucune assurance.
to take out insurance against sth → prendre une assurance contre qch, souscrire à une assurance contre qch
to take out insurance on sth → prendre une assurance sur qch, assurer qch fire insurance, travel insurance, car insurance

(fig) as (an) insurance against sth → comme assurance contre qch

modif [company] → d'assurances
the insurance industry → l'industrie des assurances
insurance payment, insurance contribution → prime f d'assuranceinsurance adjuster n (US) → expert m en sinistresinsurance agent n → agent m d'assurancesinsurance broker n → courtier m en assurancesinsurance certificate n → attestation f d'assuranceinsurance claim n → déclaration f de sinistreinsurance policy n

→ police f d'assurance
life insurance policy → police d'assurance sur la vie
health insurance policy → police d'assurance maladie
travel insurance policy → police d'assurance de voyage
to take out an insurance policy → souscrire une police d'assuranceinsurance premium n → prime f d'assurance

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insurance

n → Versicherung f; (= amount paid out) → Versicherungssumme f → or -betrag m; the insurance on a building → die Versicherung für ein Gebäude; to take out insurance → eine Versicherung abschließen (against gegen)

insurance

insurance adjuster

n (US) → Schadenssachverständige(r) mf

insurance agent

n → Versicherungsvertreter(in) m(f)

insurance broker

n → Versicherungsmakler(in) m(f)

insurance company

n → Versicherungsgesellschaft f

insurance cover

n → Versicherungsschutz m

insurance office

n → Versicherungsanstalt f → /-büro nt

insurance policy

n → Versicherungspolice f; (fig) → Sicherheitsvorkehrung f; to take out an insurance → eine Versicherung abschließen; (fig) → Sicherheitsvorkehrungen treffen; as an insurance (fig) → für alle Fälle, sicherheitshalber; as an insurance against something (fig) → als Sicherheitsvorkehrung gegen etw

insurance premium

n → Versicherungsprämie f

insurance scheme

n → Versicherung(smöglichkeit) f

insurance stamp

n (Brit) → Versicherungsmarke f

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insurance

[ɪnˈʃʊər/əns]

1. n → assicurazione f
life insurance → assicurazione sulla vita
fire insurance → assicurazione contro gli incendi
to take out insurance (against) → fare un'assicurazione (contro), assicurarsi (contro)

2. adj (certificate, company) → di assicurazione

insure

(inˈʃuə) verb

to arrange for the payment of a sum of money in the event of the loss of (something) or accident or injury to (someone). Is your car insured?; Employers have to insure employees against accident.

inˈsurance noun

the promise of a sum of money in event of loss eg by fire or other disaster, given in compensation by a company etc in return for regular payments. Have you paid the insurance on your jewellery?; (also adjective) insurance companies.

insurance policy

(a document setting out) an agreement with an insurance company.

insurance

→ تَأْمِيـنُ pojištění forsikring Versicherung ασφάλιση seguro vakuutus assurance osiguranje assicurazione 保険 보험 verzekering forsikring ubezpieczenie seguro страховое соглашение försäkring การประกัน sigorta bảo hiểm 保险

in·sur·ance

n. seguro; compañía de seguros;

Mex. aseguranza;

disability ___ → ___ por incapacidad;

___ policy → póliza de ___;

life ___ → ___ de vida;

medical ___ → ___ médico.

insurance

n seguro; dental — seguro dental; health — seguro sanitario or médico; medical — seguro médico; private — seguro privado

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AN Insurance Agent was trying to induce a Hard Man to Deal With to take out a policy on his house.

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Didn't you once say that whatever ship Ahab sails in, that ship should pay something extra on its insurance policy, just as though it were loaded with powder barrels aft and boxes of lucifers forward?

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The Manufacturer, seeing that he could get no labour for a long time and finding the times pretty hard anyhow, burned down his shoe factory for the insurance, and when the strikers wanted to resume work there was no work to resume.

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Out of fear for the welfare of their families, men devised the scheme of insurance. To us, in this intelligent age, such a device is laughably absurd and primitive.

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I boxed, swam, sailed, rode horses, lived in the open an arrantly healthful life, and passed life insurance examinations with flying colours.

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The policy of insurance for my dwelling house had expired the day before; and, some dispute having arisen, it was agreed that, at six, I should meet the board of directors of the company and settle the terms of a renewal.

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His life was bounded, east, west, north, and south, by the Planet Insurance Company, which employed him; and that there were other ways in which a man might fulfil himself than by giving daily imitations behind a counter of a mechanical figure walking in its sleep had never seriously crossed his mind.

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Henry started; he had never thought of his brother's life insurance. What could the offices do but pay?

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My only contribution is this: let your young friend clear out of the Porphyrion Fire Insurance Company with all possible speed."

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The Colonel's lawyers informed him that his brother-in-law had effected a heavy insurance upon his life, whence it was probable that he had been raising money to discharge debts.