insurance policy

  • 101insurance — noun 1》 the action of insuring someone or something.     ↘the business of providing insurance.     ↘money paid as compensation under an insurance policy. 2》 a thing providing protection against a possible eventuality. Usage There is a technical… …

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  • 102insurance —    A contract (i.e., insurance policy) under which the insurer (usually an insurance company) agrees for a fee (i.e., insurance premiums, normally paid at fixed intervals) to pay the insured party all or a portion of any loss suffered by accident …

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  • 103insurance adjuster — noun : a person employed by insurer or insured to determine the loss under an insurance policy * * * noun, pl ⋯ ers [count] US : a person who works for an insurance company and whose job is to decide how much money the company will pay people… …

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  • 104policy loan — A loan often made at a below market interest rate from an insurance company to a policyholder that is secured by the cash surrender value of a life insurance policy. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

    Financial and business terms

  • 105Insurance Bond — An investment instrument that is offered by life insurance companies. The investment is provided in the form of a single premium life insurance policy. These bonds are often used as investments in the U.K. and other countries. Also known as an… …

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  • 106insurance settlement — The payment of proceeds by an insurance company to the insured to settle an insurance claim within the guidelines stipulated in the insurance policy. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

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  • 107insurance —   Ho opa a, inikua (for various kinds, see inikua and following entries).   Also: ho opa a ola (life), inikua pau ahi (fire), ho opa a waiwai (property). Insurance policy, palapala ho opa a, palapala inikua.    ♦ Insurance company, hui ho opa a …

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  • 108policy — English has two distinct and completely unrelated words policy. The one meaning ‘plan of action’ [14] comes via Old French policie from Latin polītīa ‘civil administration’, source also of English police and the now archaic polity [16]. This in… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 109policy — English has two distinct and completely unrelated words policy. The one meaning ‘plan of action’ [14] comes via Old French policie from Latin polītīa ‘civil administration’, source also of English police and the now archaic polity [16]. This in… …

    Word origins

  • 110policy proof of interest — a marine insurance policy provision whereby the underwriter agrees to dispense with all proof of insurable interest with the policy being stamped accordingly …

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