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

It added they may have then been shown "detailed information such as account details, national insurance numbers and payment references".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 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

He previously spent more than two decades as a senior operator at a national insurance brokerage firm.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

I spent 20 years as a principal at a major national insurance brokerage.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

He has come to believe in such things as old age pensions and national insurance.

From The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice by Leacock, Stephen