income insurance

noun [U] (also income protection insurance)

Definition

› INSURANCE a type of insurance that protects someone if they lose income because of health or other problems: The income insurance scheme has proved popular among rice farmers, whose crops are subject to flood and drought cycles.

(Definition of income insurance noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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