How to Use insurable in a Sentence

insurable

adjective
  • The only thing that can come of this will make vaccines less insurable and less available.
    — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
  • Wright emphasized that part of the draw is not just to build a home that is survivable, but also one that is insurable.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
  • So driving to your aunt's for a holiday weekend is most likely not insurable.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • That's sometimes insurable, which is good, but insurance companies will not pay to have the ice dam removed.
    — Adam Duxter, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2025
  • One proposal that stands out is a voluntary buyout program to help fire victims move to more insurable areas.
    — Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • The goal, according to the department, is to make homes more defensible and insurable.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • That’s not an insurable event specific to a particular business.
    — Paul Sullivan, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2020
  • Unlike cotton and oranges, timber isn’t usually insurable for loss.
    — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2019
  • 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
  • Convincing this third party that your innovation should be insurable and these drugs costs hundreds of thousands of dollars a year have to be insured.
    — Harvard Business Review, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The line between what is insurable and what is not will increasingly define which assets, companies, and economies remain bankable in the years ahead.
    — Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Cities and counties will also be able to apply for the grants for fire mitigation programs to make communities safer and potentially more insurable.
    — Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Most filmmakers would have opted for the more efficient and certainly more insurable solution of digital effects.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Imagine, resilience audits that when implemented not only lower homeowners’ insurance rates, but make the entire neighborhood safer and more insurable.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025
  • One is to focus on educating clients about proactive risk-reduction measures like regular maintenance, which can help make properties more insurable and lower premiums.
    — Raymond Tahhan, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • The goals of the program include reducing flood damage to insurable property and fostering comprehensive floodplain management.
    — Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News, 5 July 2022
  • However, in cases like business partnerships, life partnerships and non-legally binding relationships, proof of insurable interest may be required.
    — Cynthia Paez Bowman, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2022
  • He’s called for expanding the state’s wildfire mitigation efforts, including grant programs to help homeowners clear vegetation and make their properties more insurable.
    — Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Whether or not the Outdoor Retailer show cancellation is deemed an insurable event is really a question for Emerald Expositions.
    — Kristin Hostetter, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2020
  • Repaired structures could be deemed insurable by licensed professionals including engineers, architects, and inspectors.
    — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • They are trusted institutions consumers interact with regularly that also have insight into significant insurable events based on transactional data.
    — Dave Brune, Forbes, 8 June 2022
  • Additionally, the Eliminate 'The List' Act modernizes our data collection protocols to provide us with better climate insight that will guide us to a more insurable future.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025

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