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insurance

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


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Throw in the cost of homeowners insurance, and buying a single-family home becomes an even more costly proposition.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

The process can be expensive, is not always covered by insurance and offers no guarantee of a future pregnancy.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

The bank has opportunity for further integration of its various franchises, including its private bank subsidiary Bank of Singapore and its insurance unit Great Eastern.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

The Met said the driver had been in the car for less than half an hour, held only a provisional licence and had no insurance.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

The first thing Mike Burry needed, if he was going to buy insurance on a big pile of subprime mortgage bonds, was to create some kind of standard, widely agreed-upon contract.

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

Those insurances were most unfairly given against the widow and the orphan.

From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss




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