Example Sentences

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There is often a sting in the tail for homeowners who are denied a claim: It can trigger a rate increase or nonrenewal, because the customer is now seen as a higher risk.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

“Homeowners, who have dutifully paid their premiums for years, have been, and are, being blindsided by Defendants’ nonrenewal notices informing them their policy will not continue — for stated reasons that are demonstratively false.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2025

Washington does not track how many people receive notices of nonrenewal or why.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2023

Hamline disputes the nonrenewal constitutes a “firing” or a “dismissal,” though Redden said the school is making a distinction without a difference.

From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2023

The organization also said it was aware of nine foreign journalists who had been expelled or forced to leave China because of a nonrenewal of visas since 2013.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2020