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casualty insurance

American  

noun

  1. insurance providing coverage against accident and property damages, as automobile, theft, liability, and explosion insurance, but not including life insurance, fire insurance, or marine insurance.


Etymology

Origin of casualty insurance

First recorded in 1900–05

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Asset management and property and casualty insurance were also likely tailwinds, the analysts add.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 25, 2026

If you have been following property and casualty insurance in the past few years…

From Barron's Jan. 23, 2026

Travelers’ premium increases, he said, are completely legal under Proposition 103, the 1988 ballot measure that regulated property and casualty insurance pricing.

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2024

Last June, State Farm said it would stop accepting applications for all business and personal lines of property and casualty insurance, citing inflation, a challenging reinsurance market and “rapidly growing catastrophe exposure.”

From Seattle Times Mar. 21, 2024

On observation balloons, in time of war, no casualty insurance is available at any rate of premium.

From Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

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