national insurance

British  

noun

1. (in Britain) state insurance based on weekly contributions from employees and employers and providing payments to the unemployed, the sick, the retired, etc, as well as medical services See also social security

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Example Sentences

In general, people need 35 years of qualifying national insurance contributions to get a full state pension.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

State Farm General, an offshoot of national insurance giant State Farm Mutual, contends it has been financially sinking as seasonal wildfires morph into catastrophic urban conflagrations that destroy towns.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

"If we put the rising cost of food products and energy and wages and the new national insurance, we'd have to charge £15.84 for a coffee and a cake," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

He previously spent more than two decades as a senior operator at a national insurance brokerage firm.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

Old age pension laws and national insurance against illness and accident were already being built into the legislative codes of the democratic countries.

From The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice by Leacock, Stephen