L’assuré appelle l’assureur au cas où le dommage augmenterait.

The policyholder calls the insurer in case the damage might increase.

Breakdown of L’assuré appelle l’assureur au cas où le dommage augmenterait.

• appeler: to call
• au cas où: in case
• augmenter: to increase
• l’assureur: the insurer

Questions & Answers about L’assuré appelle l’assureur au cas où le dommage augmenterait.

What is the difference between l’assuré and l’assureur?

They are two different people or parties in the insurance relationship:

• l’assuré = the insured person, the person who is covered
• l’assureur = the insurer, the company or entity providing the insurance

They look very similar, so they are easy to confuse. A useful memory trick is:

• -é → the person insured
• -eur → the one who does the insuring

In legal or insurance French, these terms are often used as role labels, which is why you see the insured and the insurer rather than names.

Why do both words start with l’?

Because French uses elision before a vowel sound.

The definite articles le and la become l’ before a noun beginning with a vowel or a mute h:

• le assuré → l’assuré
• le assureur → l’assureur

So l’ here just means the.

Why is it appelle and not appeler?