insurance policy

noun

: a document that contains the agreement that an insurance company and a person have made

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Having two spacecraft also acts as an insurance policy in case one of them doesn’t work as planned. Christopher Carr, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2025 So is insurance fraud—and Hanson discovered that on January 16, 2024, Ryan had applied for a $375,000 life-insurance policy. Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025 Then, William announced that his organization had constructed a scheme that backed rangers with an insurance policy that protected them and their families, removing a major insecurity in their dangerous profession. Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025 Such remediation costs may be covered by the tenant’s renter’s insurance policy, or perhaps by your own policy. Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for insurance policy

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insurance policy

noun
: a writing whereby a contract of insurance is made in which the rights and duties of the insurer and the insured are set out

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