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Something that's insured is protected by an insurance policy — in other words, its loss or damage will be compensated by an insurance company. If your laptop is insured, you'll get enough money to replace it if it's stolen. If an insured house burns down or is damaged in a storm, an insurance company will pay to repair or replace it. In exchange, the homeowner pays monthly (or sometimes annual) fees. If you have a life insurance policy or insurance that covers your health care, you are also insured. Insured, by way of the verb insure, comes from the original ensure, which has the roots en-, "make," and sure, "safe, strong, or resolute."
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A common defense of this system is that additional Medicaid money enables hospitals to charge privately insured patients less.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
While he declined to reveal to CNN how much the diamond was insured for, he noted that extensive academic study into the properties of the diamond had taken place to make it uniquely identifiable.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
"Those without experience, who are generally not insured, can try them out on the lake which is likely to cause an accident," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s national average savings rate—the deposit-weighted average across every insured institution—is a mere 0.38%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
He investigated the stocks of home builders, and then the stocks of companies that insured home mortgages, like PMI.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
“This notice seems to admit that the CFP Policy is less favorable to insureds than the Standard Form Policy,” the judge wrote, in declaring the policy illegal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2025
And nearly one in five single insureds had an OOP of at least $6,000.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2021
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