A British term for some kinds of insurance WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Recently, assurance has been used, in England, in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited. Wiktionary

Insurance. Wiktionary (translation)