The most acceptable insurance of the divine protection.
Mickle.
Accident insurance, insurance against pecuniary loss by reason of
accident to the person. -- Endowment insurance or assurance, a
combination of life insurance and investment such that if the person
upon whose life a risk is taken dies before a certain specified time
the insurance becomes due at once, and if he survives, it becomes due
at the time specified. -- Fire insurance. See under Fire. -- Insurance
broker, a broker or agent who effects insurance. -- Insurance company,
a company or corporation whose business it is to insure against loss,
damage, or death. -- Insurance policy, a certificate of insurance; the
document containing the contract made by an insurance company with a
person whose property or life is insured. -- Life insurance. See under
Life.
In*sur"an*cer (?), n. One who effects insurance; an insurer; an
underwriter. [Obs.] Dryden.
hose bold insurancers of deathless fame.
Blair.
In*sur"ant (?), n. The person insured. Champness.
In"sure (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Insuring.] [OE. ensuren, prob. for assuren, by a change of prefix. See
1st In-, and Sure, and cf. Assure, Ensure.] [Written also ensure.]