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insure

[in-shoor, -shur] / ɪnˈʃʊər, -ˈʃɜr /


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California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara furthered the plan’s growth when he required it to raise the policy limit on homes to $3 million and to insure condominium developments valued at $100 million.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2026

Major carriers from large swaths of the state are now refusing to insure even low-risk properties with minimal danger of burning.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2026

Iran doesn’t have to sink ships to control traffic—the perceived possibility of an attack can make a single voyage cost millions more to insure.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Long-term agreements are one way that the chip makers can prolong or insure their earnings an margins, by tying up clients into deals that last years.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

“The locks are simply to insure The Receiver’s privacy because he needs concentration,” she explained.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

Michigan-based Hagerty Insurance, which specializes in insuring classic and enthusiast vehicles, has seen the number of 2000s Honda Civics and Toyota Corollas it insures more than double in the past three years alone.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Department of Housing and Urban Development that insures home loans for lenders.

From MarketWatch Dec. 12, 2025

So does the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, which insures anyone with a U.S. bank account.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2025

State Farm General, which had about a 20% share of the homeowners insurance market in 2023, insures about 1 million homeowners in the state and has 1.8 million other policies in force.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2025

In some practice the ends a of studs are threaded taper, which insures that they shall fit tight and enables their more easy extraction.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

Fully insured, state-regulated plans require insurers to give you written notice before terminating coverage — usually 30 or 60 days.

From MarketWatch Sep. 12, 2026

PayPal’s proposal was to form an industrial loan company, an entity that can lend money, hold insured deposits, and be owned by a non-financial institution.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

The approval by the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency opens the door to Revolut eventually offering loans, credit cards and insured deposits to US customers directly.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

Road legal versions of the e-motorbikes have to be registered, taxed and insured.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

The diamond was insured for eighteen hundred dollars.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

It is entirely the choice of an individual as to whether it is worth insuring belongings while off at university or college.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Yet despite the theoretical value of these contracts in insuring against outliving one’s wealth, people very rarely buy annuities.

From MarketWatch Jun. 26, 2026

I was surprised to discover there was no real difference for me between insuring a budget EV and a similarly priced hybrid.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

Owning one of these funds puts you in the position of insuring against a moderate-to-severe decline in stock prices.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

A year before, Frost might have done one billion-dollar deal each month; now he was doing twenty, all of them insuring putatively diversified piles of consumer loans.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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