1 ~ (yourself / sth) (against / for sth) to buy insurance so that you will receive money if your property, car, health, etc. gets damaged, stolen, etc:
[VN] The painting is insured for $1 million. * The car is insured against fire and theft. * Luckily he had insured himself against long-term illness. * (figurative) Having a lot of children is a way of insuring themselves against loneliness in old age. * [V] We strongly recommend insuring against sickness or injury.
2 [VN] to sell insurance to sb for sth:
The company can refuse to insure a property that does not have window locks.
3 (especially AmE) = ENSURE
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