life insurance
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of life insurance
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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WSJ | Buy Side: See the top considerations if you’re buying life insurance in your 40s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
If her kids are named as beneficiaries on your friend’s life insurance, the proceeds pass directly to them and are not available to satisfy the deceased’s creditors.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
“I cashed out a life insurance policy, and I drained what we had in savings to catch up on bills.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
According to her complaint, Tenisha and Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s premarital agreement stated that the actor should purchase and maintain a term life insurance policy of $1 million with his wife as the sole beneficiary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
It would have been wholly within character for Holmes to have first persuaded the “brother-in-law” to take out a life insurance policy with Holmes as beneficiary.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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