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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

He will also receive standard benefits including medical cover, life assurance and relocation costs.

From Reuters • Oct. 28, 2015

A former race equality chief has told his fraud trial he was "entitled" to take out a life assurance policy for his wife as part of his pension policy.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2014

Pledging the rents of their large landed estates as security for the fulfilment of their contracts with usurers, the Mercers entered on business as life assurance agents.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

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