Definition of insurance

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Insurance (n.) 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 another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. Assurance, n., 6..

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Insurance :: Insurance (n.) The premium paid for insuring property or life.
Underwrite :: Underwrite (v. i.) To practice the business of insuring; to take a risk of insurance on a vessel or the like.
Lloyd''s :: Lloyd's (n.) An association of underwriters and others in London, for the collection and diffusion of marine intelligence, the insurance, classification, registration, and certifying of vessels, and the transaction of business of various kinds connected with shipping..
Company :: Company (n.) An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as, the East India Company; an insurance company; a joint-stock company..
Reassurance :: Reassurance (n.) Same as Reinsurance.
Insurancer :: Insurancer (n.) One who effects insurance; an insurer; an underwriter.
Insure :: Insure (v. t.) Specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; to give or to take an insurance on or for; as, a merchant insures his ship or its cargo, or both, against the dangers of the sea; goods and buildings are insured against fire or water; persons are insured against sickness, accident, or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are insured..
Reinsurer :: Reinsurer (n.) One who gives reinsurance.
Insurance :: Insurance (n.) The sum for which life or property is insured.
Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance..
Rate :: Rate (n.) The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc..
Reinsure :: Reinsure (v. t.) To insure again after a former insuranse has ceased; to renew insurance on.
Reinsure :: Reinsure (v. t.) To insure, as life or property, in favor of one who has taken an insurance risk upon it..
Insurance :: Insurance (n.) 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 another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. Assurance, n., 6..
Lloyd''s :: Lloyd's (n.) A part of the Royal Exchange, in London, appropriated to the use of underwriters and insurance brokers; -- called also Lloyd's Rooms..
Assurance :: Assurance (n.) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death..
Insurance :: Insurance (n.) A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance..
Warranty :: Warranty (n.) A stipulation or engagement by a party insured, that certain things, relating to the subject of insurance, or affecting the risk, exist, or shall exist, or have been done, or shall be done. These warranties, when express, should appear in the policy; but there are certain implied warranties..
Premium :: Premium (n.) A sum of money paid to underwriters for insurance, or for undertaking to indemnify for losses of any kind..
Director :: Director (n.) One of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs of a company or corporation; as, the directors of a bank, insurance company, or railroad company..
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