fire insurance

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noun

insurance covering any loss or damage caused by fire.

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Origin of fire insurance

First recorded in 1790–1800

Words nearby fire insurance

fire hat, firehorse, fire hose, firehouse, fire hydrant, fire insurance, fire irons, Fire Island, fireless, fireless cooker, firelight

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How to use fire insurance in a sentence

Watson, the builder in Northern California, has been approached by some wineries who have had their fire insurance revoked and are looking for alternatives to wood.
Wildfires Are Getting Worse, So Why Is the U.S. Still Building Homes With Wood?|Alana Semuels|June 2, 2021|Time
There was nothing clueless about him saying that he liked to fire insurance providers whose service he deemed unsatisfactory.
Trump Endorsed Romney Because It Was Like Calling to Like|Lee Siegel|February 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Well, you see I am not often favored with visits from ladies of your color who carry fire insurance policies.
Three Little Women|Gabrielle E. Jackson
Does a man let his fire insurance policy lapse because the year has passed without a fire?
Euthenics, the science of controllable environment|Ellen H. Richards

The first fire insurance company (the Brooklyn) was contemporaneous with the first bank.
A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County Volume II|Stephen M. Ostrander
Or should she go to the office of the fire insurance 80 adjustors?
Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross|Alice B. Emerson
Now comes the fire insurance settlement and the interest on that wont be over seven hundred at the outside, will it?
Three Little Women|Gabrielle E. Jackson

British Dictionary definitions for fire insurance

fire insurance

noun

insurance covering damage or loss caused by fire or lightning

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