insurance policy

noun

: a document that contains the agreement that an insurance company and a person have made

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In coordination with agents from the state Department of Labor’s Wage & Workplace Standards Division, investigators determined that the business was operating without a workers’ compensation insurance policy on two separate occasions. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026 Perhaps even more concerning than the stock rout has been the jump in CoreWeave corporate bond yields and spike in credit default swaps , a kind of insurance policy on debt. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026 Credit default swaps are a financial engineering tool that allows investors to protect themselves against potential defaults, similar to paying a premium on an insurance policy. — Ellen Dimauro, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Once the underdog, signed as an insurance policy before training camp in 2025, Dobbins must morph into a Great Dane. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for insurance policy

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insurance policy

noun
: a writing whereby a contract of insurance is made in which the rights and duties of the insurer and the insured are set out
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