How to Use term insurance in a Sentence

term insurance

noun
  • Under current rules, such short-term insurance cannot last for more than three months.
    Robert Pear, New York Times, 15 May 2018
  • Norton would offer short-term insurance and a cheap run-stopping option for the next four years.
    Terez A. Paylor, kansascity, 14 Apr. 2018
  • Short-term insurance is supposed to provide just that — short-term coverage.
    Anchorage Daily News, 1 Mar. 2018
  • But long-term insurance buyers turned out to be a more determined and farsighted group.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2019
  • Customers also need to take out short-term insurance and items must be returned to the shop in the condition they were loaned.
    Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 24 May 2021
  • Also, be aware that the long-term insurance industry itself is struggling.
    Nathan Bachrach, Cincinnati.com, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Officials plan to tighten the rules for private short-term insurance plans that are not required to cover a full set of benefits.
    New York Times, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Under the Obama administration, short-term insurance doesn't last for more than three months.
    Jonece Starr Dunigan, AL.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • More small businesses can now collectively purchase health care, and limits on short-term insurance plans will be rolled back as a result of the order.
    Aric Jenkins, Time, 14 Oct. 2017
  • The Administration has made much progress on health care with new and legally sound rules on short-term insurance and health reimbursements.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 9 July 2019
  • The Obama administration ruled that short-term insurance may not last for more than three months; Trump will extend that to nearly a year.
    Amy Goldstein, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Short-term insurance had long been defined, by states and the federal government, as coverage lasting less than 12 months.
    Robert Pear, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2018
  • The Obama administration ruled that short-term insurance may not last for more than three months; Trump wants to extend that to nearly a year.
    The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The administration is determined to open the gates wider to low-benefit plans that currently can be sold only as short-term insurance.
    Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 11 June 2018
  • For that reason, people should carry a mix of term insurance to provide short-term coverage and permanent insurance for protection over the long haul.
    WSJ, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Pope, though, says that short-term insurance markets offer plans with different levels of quality, and consumers can choose those higher-quality plans.
    David Hogberg, Washington Examiner, 18 Jan. 2021
  • First, the order is asking federal agencies to expand short-term insurance, which is meant to cover people who only expect to be without health care for a short period of time.
    Mattie Quinn, SELF, 13 Oct. 2017
  • However, a whole-life or universal-life policy may cost 5 to 15 times more than a term insurance policy with the same death benefit.
    Brandon Marz, Forbes, 21 May 2021
  • Also, premiums for cash-value policies tend to be much higher than premiums for the same amount of term insurance, which has a death benefit but no investment component.
    Liz Weston, Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2020
  • At the end of the Obama administration, regulators cut the allowable length of short-term insurance from 12 months to three.
    Dylan Scott, Vox, 2 Aug. 2018
  • Needless to say, such additional long-term insurance comes at a higher cost, further pushing up the overall acquisition cost of sea-facing properties.
    Prashant Thakur, Quartz India, 12 Dec. 2019
  • California lawmakers are weighing legislation that would forbid the use of short-term insurance plans entirely.
    Lisa Schencker, chicagotribune.com, 25 May 2018
  • Customers usually prefer more human interaction before committing to long-term insurance policies, which are more profitable.
    Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Short-term insurance, which can deny people with preexisting conditions coverage and is not required to cover many routine services, is contrary to both of those objectives.
    Dylan Scott, Vox, 14 Sep. 2018
  • Short-term insurance policies were originally intended for people who were between jobs or needed temporary coverage for other reasons.
    Robert Pear, New York Times, 15 May 2018
  • The changes, which take effect in 2021, will affect the way companies value their long-term insurance contracts like life insurance, long-term care policies and annuities.
    Michael Rapoport, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2018
  • Short-term insurance is generally cheaper than regular insurance, though such plans do not have the same protections that ACA plans give consumers.
    Stephanie Innes, azcentral, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Included in the order, which was signed Thursday, is the expansion of the availability of short-term insurance policies and expand access to association health plans.
    Jonece Starr Dunigan, AL.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Democrats hope to be cast as the party that safeguards protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions because short-term insurance isn’t required to cover people who suffer from such conditions.
    Stephanie Armour, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2018
  • In addition, the order is designed to expand the availability of short-term insurance policies, which offer limited benefits as a bridge for people between jobs or young adults no longer eligible for their parents' health plans.
    The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 12 Oct. 2017

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