insurable

[ in-shoor-uh-buhl, -shur- ]

adjective

1. capable of being or proper to be insured, insured, as against loss or harm.

Other Words From

• in·sura·bili·ty noun
• unin·sura·bili·ty noun
• unin·sura·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of insurable¹

First recorded in 1800–10; insure + -able

Example Sentences

“The point of these reports is to know whether you’ll have long-term maintenance issues, whether the property is insurable and whether the home value will be impacted by these issues before you make an offer,” says Teta.

From Washington Post

That means Ping An can help institutions to improve operations, manage costs, and deliver better and more affordable service to patients, making health care more insurable.

From MIT Technology Review

A partner who has advanced the capital of the business has an insurable interest in the life of his partner.

From Project Gutenberg

An assignment to one who has an insurable interest as relative, creditor and the like, is always valid.

From Project Gutenberg

Likewise a man and a woman who are engaged to be married; and a creditor has an insurable interest in the life of his debtor.

From Project Gutenberg

How can you think and talk of old barkentines and non-insurable foreign cargoes at this crisis in our country's history?

From Project Gutenberg

Insurable interest can only be described, it cannot exactly be defined.

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