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make a policy change

To make a policy change is to change an existing insurance policy by updating one or more of the details, terms, or coverage it includes.

In plain English

This refers to altering a policy that is already in place, rather than starting from scratch. The update can affect one or more parts of it, including its details, its terms, or the coverage it provides.

In context

Here, it labels a portal action for requesting an update to an existing insurance policy by changing its details, terms, or coverage.

Situation
Renewing, changing, cancelling, and retrieving policy documents
What it communicates
labels a portal action for requesting changes to policy information or cover

Meaning limits

This sense is limited to changing an existing policy, not to creating a new one.

Examples

“When she increased the contents cover on her existing home insurance, she made a policy change rather than start a new policy.”

Core meaning

“In the portal, a customer makes a policy change by opening the current policy and entering the new address.”

In context

  • modify an insurance policy Near Synonym

    Both refer to changing an existing insurance policy rather than creating a new one.

  • take out a new policy Contrast

    This means creating a new insurance policy, not changing an existing one.