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in·sur·ance /ɪnˈʃʊərəns $ -ˈʃʊr-/ ●●● S2 W2 noun
1  [uncountableU]BFI an arrangement with a company in which you pay them money, especially regularly, and they pay the costs if something bad happens, for example if you become ill or your car is damaged 保險 → assurance, third party insurance
Your father took out insurance to cover the mortgage.
你父親購買了抵押借款保險。
health/car/travel etc insurance 健康/汽車/旅遊等保險
insurance against
insurance against loss of income due to unemployment
失業造成的收入損失保險
insurance on/for
Do you have insurance on your house and its contents?
你買住房和家庭財産險了嗎？
claim (for) something on your insurance (=get an insurance company to pay for something) 向保險公司索賠某物
We can probably claim the damage on our insurance.
我們也許可以向保險公司索賠損失。
→ life insurance
2  [uncountableU]BFI the business of providing insurance 保險業
My brother works in insurance.
我的兄弟從事保險業。
insurance company/group etc
the insurance industry
保險業
3  [uncountableU]BFI British EnglishBrE the money that you pay regularly to an insurance company 保險費 SYN insurance premium
insurance on
How much is the insurance on your car?
你車子的保險費是多少？
4  [singular, uncountableU]PROTECT protection against something bad happening 保障；預防措施
insurance against
An extra lock on the door is an added insurance against burglars.
門上再加一把鎖是額外的防盜保障。
→ National Insurance
n COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + insurance
health/medical insurance
None of her family have private health insurance.
travel insurance
Most banks are also able to arrange travel insurance.
car/motor insurance
He was fined for driving without motor insurance.
house/home insurance
The damage may be covered by your house insurance.
life insurance
Surprisingly few families have adequate life insurance.
accident insurance
You also get free travel accident insurance if you pay for your tickets with a credit card.
comprehensive insurance (=car insurance that pays for damage whether it is caused by you or by someone else)
The cost of comprehensive insurance is likely to drop.
third-party insurance (=insurance that pays money to someone who is hurt or whose property is damaged by something you have done)
You are legally obliged to take out third-party insurance.
insurance + NOUN
an insurance policy (=an insurance agreement)
This insurance policy represents excellent value for money.
an insurance claim
She filed an insurance claim for the missing jewellery.
an insurance company
Rachel works for an insurance company.
an insurance broker (=a company or person that arranges and sells insurance to people)
Bellingham practised as an insurance broker.
an insurance scheme
The costs involved in private medical insurance schemes have risen steeply.
an insurance premium (=money that you pay regularly to an insurance company)
Your insurance premium is payable when you make your holiday booking.
an insurance payment
He'd fallen behind with his insurance payments.
an insurance certificate/a certificate of insurance
The courts recognize the insurance certificate as evidence of being insured.
insurance cover
The scheme provides full insurance cover for pre-existing medical conditions.
insurance fraud
Insurance fraud costs the industry millions of pounds each year.
an insurance salesman
He offered me a post as a life insurance salesman.
the insurance industry
The insurance industry is very competitive.
verbs
have insurance (=have an insurance policy)
Do you have insurance on your yacht?
be covered by insurance (=be included in an insurance policy)
Flood damage isn't covered by the insurance.
take out insurance (=buy an insurance policy)
We decided to take out insurance on the house and its contents.
get insurance informal:
I'm thinking of getting house insurance.
buy insurance
You can buy insurance against risks of all kinds.
claim something on your insurance (=get an insurance company to pay for something)
He claimed the money back on his travel insurance.
arrange insurance
A finance company will be able to arrange insurance for you.
sell insurance
The company sells insurance alongside its electrical products.
insurance covers something
The insurance covered the cost of rebuilding the house after the fire.
insurance pays for something
His insurance paid for the damage to the car.
Examples from the Corpus
insurance• Many Americans cannot afford health insurance.
claim (for) something on your insurance• And they can't be claimed back on your insurance if it's a false alarm.
insurance company/group etc• The sale, which was expected, brings to a close a chapter that began when Xerox bought insurance company Crum.• A few of the drugs are experimental and not covered by insurance companies.• Mrs. Healey, comprehensively insured, would have had her legal expenses met by her insurance company.• The insurance is normally placed with a well known national insurance company or a company approved by the landlord.• Implausible though it may seem, insurance companies also provide a social service.• I reckon even the insurance company will accept this one as a write-off.• The insurance companies hid behind my old coats and baggy pants and my boots with the run-over heels.• In the late 1950s, Wilshire boomed again, this time with insurance companies and banks.
From Longman Business Dictionary
insurancein·sur·ance /ɪnˈʃʊərəns-ˈʃʊr-/ noun
1[countableC, uncountableU]INSURANCE an arrangement in which a company collects PREMIUMs (=regular payments) from a person or organization and in return agrees to pay them a sum of money if they are involved in an accident, have something stolen, or cause harm or injury to others. The four main classes of insurance are ACCIDENT, LIFE, FIRE, and MARINE INSURANCE
Insurance is the only major financial service regulated by states, rather than the federal government.
insurance against
Insurance against stealing by employees is a multi-billion dollar expense.
The insurance covers you against injury to visitors while on your property.
The company has taken out insurance to indemnify its directors against liability when acting for the Group.
Can you claim on your household insurance if your bike is stolen?
When you want to insure something or take outinsurance (=arrange to have it), you contact an insurance company or an insurance broker who can sell you an insurance policy. If you are covered (=insured) against injury, theft, damage, etc. you can make a claim (=ask for payment from the insurance company) if something bad happens. A claimant is someone who does this. An adjuster or loss adjuster is the person whose job is to assess the value of loss or damage when someone has claimed on their insurance policy.
→ accident insurance → agreed-value insurance → all-risks insurance → annuity insurance → automobile insurance → aviation insurance → blanket insurance → block insurance → buildings and contents insurance → business interruption insurance → business liability insurance → business life and health insurance → car insurance → casualty insurance → comprehensive insurance → contingency insurance → credit insurance → declaration insurance → deposit insurance → disability insurance → double insurance → engineering insurance → export insurance → fidelity insurance → fire insurance → floating insurance → flood insurance → group insurance → health insurance → homeowner's insurance → household insurance → income insurance → industrial injuries insurance → liability insurance → life insurance → marine insurance → medical insurance → mortgage protection insurance → motor insurance → national insurance → open insurance → property and liability insurance → social insurance → term insurance → third party, fire and theft insurance → travel insurance → unemployment insurance → valued insurance → whole-life insurance
2[uncountableU]INSURANCE the money paid regularly to an insurance companySYN INSURANCE PREMIUM
We have paid home insurance for the last 25 years and have never made a claim.
3insurances [plural]FINANCE shares in insurance companies
Mining stocks advanced and insurances also did well.

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