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"Recognising that UNRWA's financial situation remains dire, the agency took a decision which at least allows them to access financial resources rapidly, including separation indemnities."

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

So they scope out threats to their indemnities against weather and other disasters and ensure the cost of premiums reflects the odds of risk.

From Salon • Jun. 21, 2023

Independence came at a tremendous cost, however, since France forced the new republic to pay steep indemnities to compensate French citizens for their property losses for many years, impoverishing the new nation.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

In 2012, for instance — when much of the U.S. experienced an intense drought and record summer temperatures — crop indemnities surpassed $18 billion, making it the most costly year for the insurance program.

From Scientific American • Aug. 6, 2021

The Germans made the most of the proclamation and suggested a separate peace through countless agencies, in which Russia should not lose any territory inhabited by Russians and need not pay any indemnities.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)