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life assurance

British  

noun

  1. Also called: life insurance.  a form of insurance providing for the payment of a specified sum to a named beneficiary on the death of the policyholder

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"This included my life assurance and medical aid. All was gone in just a day. Dollarization wiped out everything I had saved."

From Reuters • Nov. 23, 2023

Vivos Europe, in contrast, is marketed as “the ultimate life assurance solution for high net worth families.”

From The Verge • May 13, 2020

Retail investors must certify they won’t invest more than 10% of their portfolios, excluding housing, pensions and life assurance, on crowdfunded companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2015

“Like with life assurance, there is a premium to be paid if you are seen to be of an age when you are more likely to have issues requiring insurance,” says Sandom.

From The Guardian • Oct. 30, 2015

Pledging the rents of their large landed estates as security for the fulfilment of their contracts with usurers, the Mercers entered on business as life assurance agents.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

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