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insurable

[ in-shoor-uh-buhl, -shur- ]

adjective

  1. capable of being or proper to be insured, insured, as against loss or harm.


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Other Words From

  • in·sura·bili·ty noun
  • unin·sura·bili·ty noun
  • unin·sura·ble adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of insurable1

First recorded in 1800–10; insure + -able

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Example Sentences

“The point of these reports is to know whether you’ll have long-term maintenance issues, whether the property is insurable and whether the home value will be impacted by these issues before you make an offer,” says Teta.

That means Ping An can help institutions to improve operations, manage costs, and deliver better and more affordable service to patients, making health care more insurable.

A partner who has advanced the capital of the business has an insurable interest in the life of his partner.

An assignment to one who has an insurable interest as relative, creditor and the like, is always valid.

Likewise a man and a woman who are engaged to be married; and a creditor has an insurable interest in the life of his debtor.

How can you think and talk of old barkentines and non-insurable foreign cargoes at this crisis in our country's history?

Insurable interest can only be described, it cannot exactly be defined.

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