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insurance

[in-shoor-uhns, -shur-] / ɪnˈʃʊər əns, -ˈʃɜr- /


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Last month, his companies became the focus of two federal inquiries and a Delaware insurance regulatory review.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

“It also doesn’t inspire very much confidence in the system of insurance regulation we have, that there could be this big of a mess that was not caught for years.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

He warns insurance premiums are rising significantly and making the cost of doing business "unfeasible".

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

A patient can speed appeals by calling an insurance company to get more information and then providing details to the doctor’s office.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

The willingness of whoever this person was to sell him such vast amounts of cheap insurance gave Mike Burry another idea: to start a fund that did nothing but buy insurance on subprime mortgage bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

It said it would waive payments of "tariffs" and "Iranian insurances" for ships passing during the 60 days.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

Actor James Woods, who lost his home in the Palisades fire, tweeted Tuesday that “one of the major insurances companies canceled all the policies in our neighborhood about four months ago.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2025

The act only covers health insurance, excluding long-term, disability, life, and other insurances.

From Science Daily May 2, 2024

There have been reports of coding issues and some hiccups with some insurances not covering the cost of the vaccines, but "hopefully these issues will get ironed out very soon," says Hotez.

From National Geographic Oct. 3, 2023

Hence, on economic grounds, insurances here are lumped together with taxes, in so far as they are provisions for the well functioning of the labour market.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Thomas Colignatus




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