English Explanatory Dictionary

reinsure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To insure again (extending or replacing prior insurance).
  2. To place insurance on the contract that insures something (allowing the insurer to offset risk in the same way the insuree did).

Word forms

reinsure reinsures reinsuring reinsured

Etymology

From re- + insure.

Derived words

reinsurer
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