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Nearly three-fourths of home insurance policyholders reported rate hikes in 2023, with more than one third of them saying their premiums increased 5% to 9.99%, according to results from a ValuePenguin survey of 2,035 U.S. consumers conducted in February.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 10 June 2024
During a rate hearing in April, an attorney who represents policyholders, Ali Kadir, spoke during public comment, questioning a company’s data and regulators’ responses.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024
Now, the currency mismatch problem may have moved to the investors, who lend in one currency but must pay their beneficiaries and policyholders in another.
—Agustín Carstens, Foreign Affairs, 15 Mar. 2019
It’s funded by the insurers and has about 375,000 policyholders.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1818, in the meaning defined above
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“Policyholder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/policyholder. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
policyholder
noun
pol·i·cy·hold·er
ˈpäl-ə-sē-ˌhōl-dər
: the owner of an insurance policy
Legal Definition
policyholder
noun
pol·i·cy·hold·er
ˈpä-lə-sē-ˌhōl-dər
: the owner of an insurance policy
called also policyowner
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