The act of making secure or certain; assurance or guarantee, especially in financial or legal contexts.
From Latin assecuratio, from assecurare (to make sure). The prefix as- (ad-) + securus (secure/free from care).
Insurance itself evolved from medieval 'assecuration'—merchants needed to feel secure about risky voyages, so they paid for assurance.
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