Definition of Life assurance
1. Noun. Insurance paid to named beneficiaries when the insured person dies. "In England they call life insurance life assurance"
Generic synonyms: Insurance
Specialized synonyms: Endowment Insurance, Tontine, Tontine Insurance, Ordinary Life Insurance, Straight Life Insurance, Whole Life Insurance
Definition of Life assurance
1. Noun. An insurance policy that pays out on death (or on certain other conditions). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Life assurance
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1. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"Walford, in his History of life assurance, states that the plan of working was
this: The number of members was to be 2000. Amongst the representatives of ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"Mr. Sharman's handbills and tracts are cleverly-written appeals and narratives
in favour of life assurance. Mr. Walford's book is a valuable and ..."
3. Auditing: A Practical Manual for Auditors by Lawrence Robert Dicksee (1900)
"THE life assurance COMPANIES ACT 1870. 33 and 34 Vict. c. 61. Life funds separate.
4.—In the case of a company established after the passing of this Act, ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Fire and Life Insurance: With an Appendix by Joseph Kinnicut Angell (1855)
"Proposal for life assurance. ASSURANCE SOCIETY, CLASS - TABLE - Particulars
required from a Person who Proposes to Assure his ..."
5. Journal by New York Microscopical Society, Chartered Insurance Institute, World Resources Institute, Institute of Transport (London, England) (1902)
"HEART DISEASES IN THEIR RELATION TO life assurance. IN the first place allow me
to thank you for the honour you have done me in asking me to read a paper to ..."
6. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"life assurance AND FIRE AND GENERAL INSURANCE UFE ASSURANCE THE list on the
following two pages contains the names of all the more important British Life ..."
7. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1855)
"... 28000 yards of or peting, and 60 rugs, consuming therefor 736000 Ibs. of cotton
and 90000 Ibs. of wool. JOURNAL OF INSURANCE. LAW OF life assurance. ..."
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