L’assuré remplit la déclaration de sinistre.

The policyholder fills out the insurance claim form.

Breakdown of L’assuré remplit la déclaration de sinistre.

• remplir: to fill
• l’assuré: the policyholder
• la déclaration de sinistre: the insurance claim form

Questions & Answers about L’assuré remplit la déclaration de sinistre.

Why is there an apostrophe in L’assuré?

The apostrophe shows elision. The full article is le, but before a vowel sound, le becomes l’.

So:

• le assuré → not possible
• l’assuré → correct

This is done to make pronunciation smoother. The same thing happens in many French phrases, such as l’homme, l’école, and l’assurance.

What does assuré mean here exactly?

Here, assuré is a noun, not just a past participle or adjective. It means the insured person or the policyholder, depending on context.

In insurance language:

• un assuré = an insured person
• l’assuré = the insured person / the insured

Even though assuré can also mean insured as an adjective, in this sentence it functions as the subject of the verb, so it is being used like a noun.

Why is it remplit and not remplir?