insurance fire
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]insurance fire (plural insurance fires)
- (law) A form of arson in which a fire is intentionally started in order to enable collection from an insurance policy that protects against accidental fires.
- 1921, Office of the Fire Marshal of the State of Louisiana, Annual Report - Volumes 17-35, page 7:
- The other fifty-four cases were insurance fires, that is the motive was that of burning to collect insurance.
- 2009, Jessie Munro, The Story of Suzanne Aubert, page 419:
- A more likely theory is that it was an insurance fire, as the Bennett brothers were in financial trouble...
- 2012, David Holmberg, The Tinderbox, page 87:
- Most of the people thought it was an insurance fire, that Aronez or someone hired by him had set it.
- 2016, Stephen Birmingham, The Rothman Scandal, page 619:
- They're even hinting that the loss of our Ingleside printing plant was an insurance fire, for God's sake!