insure against
phrasal verb
insured against; insuring against; insures against
1
: to make (something bad) less likely to happen usually by planning and preparing
Doctors recommend exercising to insure against health problems.
2
: to protect (someone) from (something bad)
We can't insure our children against all life's problems.
Examples of insure against in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Alas, this is football, where the richest are inherently insured against disaster.
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Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
One particular type of derivative, credit default swaps, which allow buyers to insure against the failure of a company to pay back its loans, has been especially controversial.
—Robert Litan, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2016
Importantly, board directors and company executives are typically not insured against such lawsuits.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Costs have been driven in part by levies to prevent and insure against wildfires, but the analysts anticipate a less conspicuous source of pressure on power bills going forward: growing electricity demand from data centers.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
As the largest startup offering cyber insurance and proactive monitoring tools with over 90,000 policyholders, Coalition insures against incidents like cyberattacks, email scams and accidental privacy violations.
—Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
At a time when risk assessment and prevention was still primitive, natural disasters and other acts of God were generally not covered, because there was no way to insure against what was still unforeseeable.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Indemnification terms and whether the buyer will purchase a policy of representations and warranties insurance (RWI) to insure against damages resulting from breaches of the seller’s representations and warranties.
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
It’s expected, even though Yoshida had tried to insure against it.
—Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
One particular type of derivative, credit default swaps, which allow buyers to insure against the failure of a company to pay back its loans, has been especially controversial.
—Robert Litan, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2016
Importantly, board directors and company executives are typically not insured against such lawsuits.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Costs have been driven in part by levies to prevent and insure against wildfires, but the analysts anticipate a less conspicuous source of pressure on power bills going forward: growing electricity demand from data centers.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
As the largest startup offering cyber insurance and proactive monitoring tools with over 90,000 policyholders, Coalition insures against incidents like cyberattacks, email scams and accidental privacy violations.
—Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
At a time when risk assessment and prevention was still primitive, natural disasters and other acts of God were generally not covered, because there was no way to insure against what was still unforeseeable.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Indemnification terms and whether the buyer will purchase a policy of representations and warranties insurance (RWI) to insure against damages resulting from breaches of the seller’s representations and warranties.
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
It’s expected, even though Yoshida had tried to insure against it.
—Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Insure against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insure%20against. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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