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insure
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insure someone or something (against something) (for something)
to provide insurance for someone or something against certain perils up to a certain amount of money. I insured my wife against accidental death for $100,000. We insured the car for its current value against all losses.

insure someone or something with something

to provide insurance for someone or something from a specific company. I insured Amy with a fine old insurance company. We insured the car with Acme Insurance in Adamsville.

insure against something

to guard or protect against something. You must insure against theft and fire. I will insure against all risks.
See also: against


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In 2005, property/casualty reinsurers endured the largest insurable event in history in the aggregate losses from hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma.
Eligibility for the Compassionate Care Benefit requires that the claimant must have: six hundred hours of insurable employment in the qualifying period, the 52 weeks prior to the start of the claim or, if a self-employed fisher, $3,760 in fishing income; and an interruption of earnings or a reduction of more than 40 percent in normal weekly earnings.
Therefore, losses to soybean production due to soybean rust disease is an insurable cause of loss provided the insured can verify that the cause was natural and available control measures were properly applied.
 
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