"insure for" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to purchase insurance coverage for a specific amount or to protect against a specific risk. Example: I need to insure my car for at least $50,000 in case of an accident.
Similarly, if health insurers were not allowed to know the results of genetic tests, people at higher risk could buy more insurance and insure for higher amounts, while those at lower risk would buy less insurance.
The simplest way to see this is that for many people, money will have more use if one is healthy and normal than if one is plagued with physical disability, so given a hypothetical choice to insure for handicaps, one might prefer an insurance policy that gives one less income if one is handicapped and more income if one is not.
We insure for about £9m a case.
Many members self-insure for some of their risk such as auto or property liability and insure for the rest.
Is it enough to insure for an amount that covers the contents of the apartment or is it better to insure for the market value of the apartment?... Gerald A. Koval, Manhattan.
Don't overbuy cover – if you only drive 5,000 miles a year, don't insure for 10,000.
The work was insured for $3 million, and the insurance company paid in full.
Many corporations self-insure for medical coverage, using the insurance company only to process the bills.
Seguin did lay off some workers who maintained its facilities, outsourcing that work to save about $180,000, and it decided to self-insure for worker's compensation claims, reducing insurance costs.
The objects are insured for $650 million.
Ms. Hart's legs were insured for $1 million.
