national insurance

British  

noun

1. (in Britain) state insurance based on weekly contributions from employees and employers and providing payments to the unemployed, the sick, the retired, etc, as well as medical services See also social security

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Example Sentences

Then the Chancellor put up national insurance contributions on their staff, widening the net to capture virtually every part-time bar worker.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Some people may have gaps in their national insurance record if, for example, they have lived abroad or taken time off to care for children.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

That includes a national child-care subsidy and a pledge that women will face no out-of-pocket costs during pregnancy, with medical expenses, including fertility treatments, folded into the national insurance system.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

State Farm General, an offshoot of national insurance giant State Farm Mutual, contends it has been financially sinking as seasonal wildfires morph into catastrophic urban conflagrations that destroy towns.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

Among these reforms were acts for improving housing conditions, regulating hours of labor and use of machinery in factories, and establishing a national insurance system, old-age pensions, and compensation to injured workmen.

From A School History of the Great War by Gerson, Armand Jacques