INSURANCE COMPANY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does insurance company mean? 

• INSURANCE COMPANY (noun)
  The noun INSURANCE COMPANY has 1 sense:

1. a financial institution that sells insurance

  Familiarity information: INSURANCE COMPANY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSURANCE COMPANY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A financial institution that sells insurance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

insurance company; insurance firm; insurance underwriter; insurer; underwriter

Hypernyms ("insurance company" is a kind of...):

nondepository financial institution (a financial institution that funds their investment activities from the sale of securities or insurance)

 Context examples 

If you put in a claim for an insurance provider, you might be thrilled to see the response—and the generous amount your insurance company covered.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A person who helps a patient work with others who have an effect on the patient's health, including doctors, insurance companies, employers, case managers, and lawyers.

(Patient advocate, NCI Dictionary)

It is a contract between you and your insurance company.

(Health Insurance, NIH)

In your report, you mention the fact that insurance companies are ahead of everybody since they've excluded from civil responsibility insurance policies illnesses which could be linked to the use of mobile phones.

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)

An arrangement whereby a third-party payer (e.g., insurance company, federal government, or corporation) mediates between physicians and patients, negotiating fees for service and overseeing the types of treatment given.

(Managed Care, NCI Thesaurus)

A mechanism for guarding against financial aspects of risk by making payments in the form of premiums to an insurance company, which pays an agreed-upon sum to the insured in the event of loss.

(Insurance, NCI Thesaurus)

With such a strong emphasis on financials in your chart, chances are you will be covered, but it’s best to check with your insurance company ahead of time.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Of course, one can argue that insurance companies aren't European legislators and they aren't necessarily professors who are analysing the issue from a scientific point of view, but still... sometimes, they are ahead of us.

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)

Call your health insurance company about covering a procedure you are thinking of scheduling.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You might have a procedure on December 22 that is fully covered by your insurance company.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)