policyholder
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Insurers are natural buyers of the hard-to-trade investments because they can lock up money from policyholder premiums for years without worrying about payouts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
The group is seeking to conduct discovery, cross examine witnesses, present testimony from fire victims and bring more that 1,600 firsthand policyholder statements regarding State Farm’s practices into evidence, according to the petition.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026
A hybrid plan provides long-term-care payouts if a person ends up needing care, and if they don’t, it provides a tax-free life-insurance benefit to beneficiaries when the policyholder dies.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
In recent years, alternative asset managers and private-equity players acquired life and annuity insurers to funnel billions of dollars of sticky policyholder premiums into complex private loans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
In my visits to the homes of policyholders to collect premiums, I was accompanied by the superintendent who claimed to the policyholder that he was making a routine inspection.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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