How to Use insurable in a Sentence

insurable

adjective

• At this point, the threat is well-known, so not insurable.
  — Scott McCartney, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2020
• It is not meant to cover private insurable losses — that is down to homeowners in member states.
  — Mike Corder, The Seattle Times, 1 Sep. 2017
• For instance, actors must remain insurable to get work.
  — Steven Petrow, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2017
• But whether the fines are insurable in each country is unclear, a decision that is up to local regulators.
  — Mengqi Sun, WSJ, 20 June 2018
• But Lee pushed back at the idea that any intentional criminal acts, regardless of who commits them, would be insurable.
  — Emily Deruy, The Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2019
• Harvey, which made landfall in Texas last week and moved to Louisiana on Wednesday, is estimated to have caused up to $20 billion in insurable damage.
  — Leslie Scism, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2017
• If the leak was caused by an insurable event such as a fire, burst pipe or hurricane, your association will be responsible for fixing the common areas up to the border of your drywall.
  — Gary Singer, Sun-Sentinel.com, 4 Aug. 2017
• That’s not an insurable event specific to a particular business.
  — Paul Sullivan, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2020
• In order to take out a policy on another person, an insurance company must first agree that there is insurable interest between the two parties.
  — WSJ, 5 Oct. 2017
• Unlike cotton and oranges, timber isn’t usually insurable for loss.
  — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2019
• So far the company has received $32 million for a claim of total devastation following Hurricane Irma — although the resort’s insurable value was more than twice that.
  — Emily Palmer, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2020
• Only the vaguest understanding of the proper method of fixing that per diem rate, or the total insurable value of the interest insured, is usually found among either underwriters or policyholders.
  — Chip Merlin, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
• The global economy, while increasing in insurable activity, also carries major risks from unforeseen events like the business stoppage created by the pandemic.
  — Antoine Gara, Forbes, 13 May 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024