insurance policy

noun

A legal document outlining a particular insurance cover for an insured entity for a given risk.

Meanings

nouninsurance policy (plural insurance policies)

plural insurance policies

  1. businessA legal document outlining a particular insurance cover for an insured entity for a given risk.

    Synonyms: insurance contract

  2. figurativelySomething that protects or safeguards.

    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.

    2017 December 27, “The Guardian view on Prince Harry: the monarchy’s best insurance policy”, in the Guardian

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA legal document outlining a particular insurance cover for an insured entity for a given risk.

More synonyms by meaning

nounwritten contract or certificate of insurance

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans versekeringspolis
  • versekeringspolisdocument
Chinese Mandarin 保險計劃 /保险计划, 保險單 /保险单
  • 保險計劃 /保险计划 (bǎoxiǎn jìhuà)document
  • 保險單 /保险单 (bǎoxiǎndān)document
  • 保險合同 /保险合同 (bǎoxiǎn hétong)document
  • 保單 /保单 (bǎodān)document
Dutch verzekeringscontract, verzekeringspolis
  • verzekeringscontractdocument
  • verzekeringspolisdocument
Esperanto poliso
  • polisodocument
Finnish vakuutussopimus, vakuutuskirja
  • vakuutussopimusdocument
  • vakuutuskirjadocument
French police d'assurance, contrat d'assurance
  • police d'assurancedocument
  • contrat d'assurancedocument
German Versicherungsschein, Police
  • Versicherungsscheindocument
  • Policedocument
  • Polizzedocument
  • Versicherungspolicedocument
Greek ασφαλιστήριο συμβόλαιο
  • ασφαλιστήριο συμβόλαιο (asfalistírio symvólaio)document
Hindi बीमा, पालिसी
  • बीमा (bīmā)document
  • पालिसी (pālisī)document
Hungarian biztosítási kötvény, biztosítás
  • biztosítási kötvénydocument
  • biztosításdocument
Indonesian polis, polis asuransi
  • polisdocument
  • polis asuransidocument
Irish polasaí árachais
  • polasaí árachaisdocument
Japanese 保険証書
  • 保険証書 (hoken shōsho)document
Malay polisi insurans
  • polisi insuransdocument
Polish polisa
  • polisadocument
Portuguese apólice de seguro
  • apólice de segurodocument
Romanian poliță de asigurare
  • poliță de asiguraredocument
Russian страхово́й по́лис
  • страхово́й по́лис (straxovój pólis)document
Spanish póliza aseguradora
  • póliza aseguradoradocument
Tagalog polisa
  • polisadocument
Turkish sigorta poliçesi
  • sigorta poliçesidocument
Vietnamese hợp đồng bảo hiểm
  • hợp đồng bảo hiểmdocument
Cite this entry
APA

insurance policy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insurance%20policy

MLA

“insurance policy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insurance%20policy. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insurance policy,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insurance%20policy.

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