How to Use reinsurance in a Sentence

reinsurance

noun
  • If losses are less than $4 billion the reinsurance funds won’t even be touched.
    — Paul J. Davies, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2018
  • The reinsurance industry has been caught up in storm after storm in recent years.
    — Telis Demos, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2023
  • In its first year, the reinsurance pool has performed even better than expected.
    — Michael Olive, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2018
  • With a reinsurance program, rates could be reduced by as much as 30 percent.
    — Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 18 May 2018
  • Another six states are taking steps to launch their own reinsurance programs.
    — Michael Olive, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Insurers can now also pass along reinsurance costs to their customers.
    — Ben Berkowitz, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
  • When reinsurance costs jumped, so did the cost of primary insurance.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Insurance and reinsurance are part of that system.
    — Jim Williamson, Fortune, 26 May 2026
  • The cost of that reinsurance has surged as climate change leads to more frequent and intense disasters around the world.
    — New York Times, 17 July 2021
  • The risk pool cannot calculate member rates until reinsurance costs become clear.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
  • Citizens took on a reinsurance role to help make sure claims get paid if insurers go insolvent.
    — Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
  • High-risk pools and reinsurance programs at the state level address this concern and have been successful in the past.
    — Cathy McMorris Rodgers, The Denver Post, 5 May 2017
  • Storms and the increasing cost of reinsurance, which insurers buy to pay out storm claims, have also driven up rates.
    — Lawrence Mower, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
  • In the past, the amount insurers paid for reinsurance did not go into rate calculations.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
  • This has helped keep reinsurance and primary insurance rates low for the past several years.
    — Aaron Back, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Colorado is the ninth state to secure a federal waiver for a reinsurance program.
    — Anna Staver, The Denver Post, 31 July 2019
  • The increase is a turnaround from the previous six years of reinsurance rate decreases.
    — Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, 4 June 2018
  • That’s why insurers must hold more capital and why reinsurance matters.
    — Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Second, Congress should create a reinsurance program that funds a portion of high-cost claims.
    — Josh Archambault, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
  • If reinsurance is part of the agreement, the donor’s income tax deduction will be reduced by the premium amount.
    — Kristen Jaarda, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
  • This bill extends the state’s reinsurance program for another five years and creates a new funding structure for it.
    — Saja Hindi, The Denver Post, 18 June 2020
  • For the most part, the federal government has left it to states to craft their own reinsurance systems, but only seven states have done so.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Many of the newcomers ramp up use of reinsurance upon taking over an insurer, Best said.
    — Leslie Scism, WSJ, 1 July 2021
  • Most of the world’s reinsurance touches either the US or Europe.
    — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • The state has also introduced a reinsurance program to defray the cost of expensive claims.
    — Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 20 Apr. 2024
  • The most recent use of reinsurance merely put a Band-Aid on a problem that requires a tourniquet.
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2019
  • In Oregon, rates are about 7 percent lower thanks to reinsurance, the committee was told.
    — Scott Bauer, The Seattle Times, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Third, the proposal creates a new reinsurance program to pay insurers for the expense of people with high-cost claims.
    — Brian Blase, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Colorado has made great strides in health care, expanding options and lowering costs through reinsurance and plans for a public option.
    — Laura Packard, The Denver Post, 23 Dec. 2019
  • The paper also demonstrates the causes and impacts of rising reinsurance that is passed through to homeowners.
    — Jennifer Castenson, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025

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