insurance policy

American  

[in-shoor-uhns pahl-uh-see, in-shur-uhns] / ɪnˈʃʊər əns ˌpɑl ə si, ɪnˈʃɜr əns /

noun

insurance policies plural

1. a contract with an insurer, specifying the types of losses or expenses to be covered and the conditions that apply.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• insurance policies
  plural

Example Sentences

Buy and hold a portfolio composed mainly of a stock index fund with a money-market fund as an insurance policy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

She said her insurance policy is capped at £7,000, meaning has to pay the remaining balance for treatments.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Stafford joined workouts before the season and remained healthy throughout, but Garoppolo was perhaps the most valuable insurance policy in the NFL.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

"The cost of the satellite is expected to be recovered under the company's insurance policy," it said.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

He told me about his will, his life insurance policy, all of those horrible businesslike things that feel so inappropriate to think about when someone has died.”

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer