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life assurance

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noun

  1. Also called: life insurance.  a form of insurance providing for the payment of a specified sum to a named beneficiary on the death of the policyholder

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The RCN has written to Health Secretary Sajid Javid calling for an extension of life assurance payments.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2022

Vivos Europe, in contrast, is marketed as “the ultimate life assurance solution for high net worth families.”

From The Verge • May 13, 2020

Retail investors must certify they won’t invest more than 10% of their portfolios, excluding housing, pensions and life assurance, on crowdfunded companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2015

“Like with life assurance, there is a premium to be paid if you are seen to be of an age when you are more likely to have issues requiring insurance,” says Sandom.

From The Guardian • Oct. 30, 2015

Ay, and would have the answers to them as plain and palpable as the replies to a life assurance circular; but he could n't do it.

From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James