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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One that holds an insurance contract or policy.

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  • noun A person who holds an insurance policy, especially the person whose life is insured

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who holds an insurance policy; usually, the client in whose name an insurance policy is written

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Examples

  • The manner in which insurers are able to provide adequate security to the policyholder is to create a capital base by "spreading the risk" of losses among several policyholders.

    The Y2K Problem 1998

  • For a long time, a well-known problem in connection with insurance is that damage to insured objects depends not only on external factors such as weather and attempted theft, but also on the care taken by the policyholder, which is costly for an insurance company to monitor.

    The Prize in Economics 1996 - Press Release 1996

  • Policyholder: The policyholder is the person, or organisation, who has been issued the policy by the insurance company.

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  • Policyholder: The policyholder is the person, or organisation, who has been issued the policy by the insurance company.

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  • As Prof. Kaveny describes it, the "conscience-bearer" in this situation is the "policyholder," the insured woman who wants abortion insurance.

    ADF Alliance Alert 2009

  • As Prof. Kaveny describes it, the "conscience-bearer" in this situation is the "policyholder," the insured woman who wants abortion insurance.

    ADF Alliance Alert 2009

  • As Prof. Kaveny describes it, the "conscience-bearer" in this situation is the "policyholder," the insured woman who wants abortion insurance.

    ADF Alliance Alert 2009

  • In RNS premium and deposits were very strong, I think $13 billion according to your kind of policyholder account balance reconciliation.

    Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2008

  • Curtis Campbell, a longtime policyholder of automobile insurance with State Farm Insurance Company, was in a serious automobile accident.

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

  • As with other reform proposals, it would would bar insurance companies from dropping a policyholder in the event of illness, add new protections for people with pre-existing conditions, and establish tax credits to help low - and middle-income families purchase insurance coverage, according to a source close to the negotiations.

    Key Democratic committee to unveil health-care bill next week 2009

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