The word "insures" is correct and usable in written English.
It is a verb that means "to protect against risk or loss." For example, "The insurance policy insures the homeowner against damage to their property."
The company, which insures the insurers against market risk and natural disasters, has booked $3 billion in write-downs over the past year, but up until now had managed to turn a profit.UBS hinted at "encouraging signs for net new money" in its core wealth- and asset-management businesses since receiving a government bail-out in mid-October.
Margins are lousy at both the general-insurance division (known as property-casualty, which insures homes, cars and the like) and the life-insurance bit (which offers bank-like savings products).Mr Benmosche claims AIG now has the right structure and positioning to thrive.
The DIC policy insures property and liability losses not covered by basic insurance contracts.
Freddie and Fannie are not alone in looking to send loans back: the Federal Housing Administration, which insures low-quality mortgages, is getting tougher too, as are private mortgage insurers, such as Radian and MGIC.Optimists note that loans are now souring less because of poor underwriting than unemployment, which is not a reason to demand repurchase.
Chicago is a city with a rich musical tradition in hip-hop, and Lollapalooza's diverse audience insures an audience with rapt attention.
Its fetish for credit default swaps (CDSs), a type of derivative that insures lenders against borrowers' going bust, led it to guarantee at least $400 billion-worth of other companies' loans including those of Lehman Brothers.
AllLife, which insures people with manageable diseases such as HIV and diabetes, offers them free monthly check-ups.
This model "insures the grass, not the animal", says Mr Mude.
Such a fight is looming.Credit derivatives are contracts under which one party insures another against the default of a debtor, or a bunch of debtors.
In a 2012 joint paper the Bank of England and the FDIC, the agency that insures bank deposits in America, set out their approach.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which buy home loans from lenders, and the Federal Housing Agency FHAA), which insures them against default, between them routinely guarantee more than 85% of new home loans.
