Reinsure vs. Reassure: What's the Difference?
Reinsure and Reassure Definitions
Reinsure
To insure again, especially by transferring all or part of the risk in a contract to a new contract with another insurance company.
Reassure
To restore confidence to
I felt reassured that I was up to the job.
Reinsure
(transitive) To insure again (extending or replacing prior insurance).
Reassure
To assure again
We reassured him that the project was on schedule.
Reinsure
(transitive) To place insurance on the contract that insures something (allowing the insurer to offset risk in the same way the insuree did).
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Reassure
To reinsure.
Reinsure
To insure again after a former insuranse has ceased; to renew insurance on.
Reassure
(transitive) To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt.
The boy's mother reassured him that there was no monster hiding under the bed.
Reinsure
To insure, as life or property, in favor of one who has taken an insurance risk upon it.
The innsurer may cause the property insured to be reinsured by other persons.
Reassure
(transitive) To reinsure.
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Reinsure
Provide additional insurance for
Reassure
To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.
They rose with fear, . . . Till dauntless Pallas reassured the rest.
Reinsure
Insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed
Reassure
To reinsure.
Reinsure
Insure again by assuming all or a part of the liability of an insurance company already covering a risk
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Reassure
Cause to feel sure; give reassurance to;
The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe
Reassure
Give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain;
I reassured him that we were safe
