reinsure Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb provide additional insurance for
  2. verb insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed
  3. verb insure again by assuming all or a part of the liability of an insurance company already covering a risk

WordNet


Re`in*sure" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To insure again after a former insuranse has ceased; to renew insurance on.
  2. To insure, as life or property, in favor of one who has taken an inssurance risk upon it.
    The innsurer may cause the property insured to be reinsured by other persons. Walsh.

Webster 1913