insurance
noun /ɪnˈʃʊərəns/, /ɪnˈʃɔːrəns/
/ɪnˈʃʊrəns/
- [uncountable, countable] an arrangement with a company in which you pay them regular amounts of money and they agree to pay the costs, for example, if you die or are ill, or if you lose or damage something
- health/medical insurance
- car/travel/unemployment insurance
- Private insurance accounts for about 35 per cent of healthcare in the US.
- to have/buy insurance
- The bill would require employers to provide insurance for their workers.
- All the stolen items were covered by insurance.
- insurance against something to take out insurance against fire and theft
- on the/your insurance Can you claim for the loss on your insurance?
- You'll get everything back on the insurance.
- an insurance policy
- (British English) to have adequate insurance cover
- (North American English) to have adequate insurance coverage
- (British English) an insurance scheme
- (North American English) an insurance plan
- insurance costs/claims
- insurance premiums (= the regular payments made for insurance)
Wordfinder- actuary
- annuity
- cover
- excess
- insurance
- no-claims bonus
- policy
- premium
- risk
- underwrite
Extra Examples- Do you have fully comprehensive insurance?
- Does your personal accident insurance cover mountain rescue?
- Her insurance is with General Accident.
- If you make more than two claims in any period of insurance you may lose your no claim bonus.
- Many people are covered by employer-provided health insurance.
- Millions of Americans lack adequate health insurance.
- Millions of people in the US are not covered by health insurance.
- More people are taking out insurance against the high cost of dental care.
- The company maintains liability insurance for its directors and officers.
- The contract requires me to arrange my own insurance.
- The travel agent recommended that I take out travel insurance.
- We claimed for the car repairs on the insurance.
- a compulsory health insurance system
- a monthly insurance premium
- a personal insurance policy
- compulsory insurance for personal injury to employees
- insurance cover for bodily injury to third parties
- rising insurance costs
- universal health insurance
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- comprehensive
- adequate
- additional
- …
- have
- maintain
- lack
- …
- cover somebody/something
- pay for something
- cover
- coverage
- policy
- …
- insurance against
- insurance for
- insurance on
- …
- a certificate of insurance
- a contract of insurance
- a period of insurance
- …
- [uncountable] the business of providing people with insurance
- an insurance broker/company
- the insurance industry/business
- in insurance He works in insurance.
- She's in insurance.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- comprehensive
- adequate
- additional
- …
- have
- maintain
- lack
- …
- cover somebody/something
- pay for something
- cover
- coverage
- policy
- …
- insurance against
- insurance for
- insurance on
- …
- a certificate of insurance
- a contract of insurance
- a period of insurance
- …
- [uncountable] money paid by or to an insurance company
- to pay insurance on your house
- When her husband died, she received £50 000 in insurance.
Extra Examples- The insurance will pay for the damage.
- The court heard that he stood to gain millions in insurance on his wife.
- She set fire to her house and then claimed insurance.
- He bought a new suit out of the insurance money.
- I haven't paid the insurance yet this month.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- comprehensive
- adequate
- additional
- …
- have
- maintain
- lack
- …
- cover somebody/something
- pay for something
- cover
- coverage
- policy
- …
- insurance against
- insurance for
- insurance on
- …
- a certificate of insurance
- a contract of insurance
- a period of insurance
- …
- [uncountable, countable] insurance (against something) something you do to protect yourself against something bad happening in the future
- At that time people had large families as an insurance against some children dying.
Word Originlate Middle English (originally as ensurance in the sense ‘ensuring, assurance, a guarantee’): from Old French enseurance, from enseurer, alteration of Old French aseurer, earlier form of assurer, based on Latin ad- ‘to’ (expressing change) + securus, from se- ‘without’ + cura ‘care’. Sense (1) dates from the mid 17th cent.