life insurance
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of life insurance
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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I was selling life insurance and annuities in New York, and I was writing funny emails to friends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Miriam Gottfried explains how this once-quiet corner of life insurance has become increasingly popular.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Created in the early 1990s, private-placement life insurance takes advantage of tax-code provisions intended to encourage people to provide for their dependents using life insurance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Based on the facts, the children are not required to use the life insurance proceeds to pay their mother’s credit-card debt.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
He’d graduated from the University of Rhode Island, earned a business degree at Babson College, and spent most of his career working sleepy jobs at sleepy life insurance companies—but all that was in the past.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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