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

But Spencer says his business is being squeezed from every angle – as well as minimum wage, he has had increases in business rates, national insurance, and statutory sick pay.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 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

"If we put the rising cost of food products and energy and wages and the new national insurance, we'd have to charge £15.84 for a coffee and a cake," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

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

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

There are, of course, large hospitals and sanatoriums for consumption; and the admirable system of national insurance secures help in sickness to every working man and woman, as well as a pension in old age.

From Home Life in Germany by Sidgwick, Alfred, Mrs.