reinsure-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: provide additional insurance for

Examples:
OPL reinsured UPS shipments, spreading the risk among many insurance carriers.
Werness' annuity isn't reinsured by an insurance company.
The company developed a program to reinsure mortgages.
The agent told him that Lloyds of London had reinsured this packet of gems.

Mappings:
VerbNet: ensure-99
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: reinsure.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: insure under a new policy

Examples:
LandAmerica would pay his newly formed shop to reinsure the policy.
Hathaway offered to reinsure the $1.5 billion of risk.
HMOs need to reinsure to manage the rare, but costly special care.
You see, many of the German companies have reinsured in foreign countries.

Mappings:
VerbNet: ensure-99
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: reinsure.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3