insurable interest

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interest
noun
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/ˈɪn.trəst/us
/ˈɪn.trɪst/
the feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or of wanting to be involved with and to discover more ...
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(Definition ofinterestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinsurable interest

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It is called insurance, but there is noinsurableinterest.
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That, again, is a risk which is aninsurableinterest.
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In ordinary life assurance a man is not normally regarded as having aninsurableinterestin anyone but his own wife and, of course, himself.
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All that we desire is that the parents should have the sameinsurableinterestin the child.
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It is doubtful whether police authorities have aninsurableinterestin police officers, who are not employees and whose conditions of service are prescibed in detail in regulations.
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It is doubtful whether a police authority has aninsurableinterestin police officers, who are not employees and whose conditions of service are prescribed in detail in regulations.
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It is doubtful whether police authorities have aninsurableinterestin police officers, who are not employees and whose conditions of service are prescribed in detail in regulations.
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As is generally known, in ordinary life insurance a person is not normally regarded as having aninsurableinterestin the life of anyone but himself and his spouse.
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If any person, a shipowner for example, has aninsurableinterestbut conceals from his underwriter an im- portant factor in the risk, the insurance is void.
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The reason for treating this form of insurance thus is that in ordinary life insurance husbands and wives are regarded as having an unlimitedinsurableinterestin each other's lives.
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I took part in a case myself in which the decision was that funeral expenses was notinsurableinterest, and this is to make the point perfectly clear.
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A business partner can have aninsurableinterestin another business partner.
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Insurableinteresteither exists when a policy is issued, or it does not.
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Typically,insurableinterestis established by ownership, possession, or direct relationship.
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Anyone with aninsurableinterestin the property should be listed on the policy.
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Insurableinterestmust exist whether property insurance or insurance on a person is involved.
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For life insurance policies, close family members and business partners will usually be found to have aninsurableinterest.
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Insurableinterestis no longer strictly an element of life insurance contracts under modern law.
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A creditor has aninsurableinterestin the life of a debtor, up to the amount of the loan.
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The law allowsinsurableintereston the presumption that a personal connection makes the family member more valuable alive than dead.
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