insurance policy

English

Noun

insurance policy (plural insurance policies)

1. (insurance) A legal document outlining a particular insurance cover for an insured entity for a given risk.
2. (figuratively) Something that protects or safeguards.
   • 2017 December 27, “The Guardian view on Prince Harry: the monarchy’s best insurance policy”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     Prince Harry may yet turn out to be the crown’s best insurance policy. By marrying Meghan Markle, he is linking royalty with a 21st-century celebrity who has a backstory that many people in Britain can identify with.

Synonyms

• insurance contract

Translations

document

• Afrikaans: versekeringspolis
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保險計劃／保险计划 (bǎoxiǎn jìhuà), 保險單／保险单 (zh) (bǎoxiǎndān), 保險合同／保险合同 (zh) (bǎoxiǎn hétong), 保單／保单 (zh) (bǎodān)

• Dutch: verzekeringscontract n
• Finnish: vakuutussopimus (fi), vakuutuskirja (fi)
• French: police d’assurance (fr) f, contrat d’assurance m
• German: Versicherungsschein (de) m, Police (de) f
• Hindi: बीमा (hi) m (bīmā), पालिसी (hi) f (pālisī)
• Hungarian: biztosítási kötvény, biztosítás (hu)
• Indonesian: polis (id), polis asuransi (id)
• Irish: polasaí árachais m
• Japanese: 保険証書 (ほけんしょうしょ, hoken shōsho)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: осигурителна поли́са f (osiguritelna polísa)
• Malay: polisi insurans
• Polish: polisa (pl) f
• Portuguese: apólice de seguro f
• Romanian: poliță de asigurare (ro) f
• Russian: страхово́й по́лис m (straxovój pólis)
• Spanish: póliza aseguradora f
• Tagalog: polisa
• Turkish: sigorta poliçesi
• Vietnamese: hợp đồng bảo hiểm

See also

• bargaining chip
• wild card