insurance policy

American  

[in-shoor-uhns pahl-uh-see, in-shur-uhns] / ɪnˈʃʊər əns ˌpɑl ə si, ɪnˈʃɜr əns /

noun

insurance policies plural

1. a contract with an insurer, specifying the types of losses or expenses to be covered and the conditions that apply.

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noun

• insurance policies
  plural

Example Sentences

Buy and hold a portfolio composed mainly of a stock index fund with a money-market fund as an insurance policy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Stafford joined workouts before the season and remained healthy throughout, but Garoppolo was perhaps the most valuable insurance policy in the NFL.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

"The cost of the satellite is expected to be recovered under the company's insurance policy," it said.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

While the pair both wanted to be conservationists as children, neither knew they would be on the frontline of Wales' insurance policy against plant extinction.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

They are, as I should have guessed from Max’s comment, the employers’ insurance policy against the relentless turnover of the low-wage workforce.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich