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Essential in reduced scheme involving insurance (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

intrinsic

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'essential' is the definition.
(associated in meaning)

'in reduced scheme involving insurance' is the wordplay.
'reduced scheme' becomes 'tric' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'involving' is an insertion indicator.
'insurance' becomes 'ins' (business abbreviation).
'tric' placed around 'ins' is 'trinsic'.
'in'+'trinsic'='INTRINSIC'

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(Other definitions for intrinsic that I've seen before include "Belonging as an inherent and essential part" , "Genuine" , "Of the essential nature of something" , "Natural" , "native?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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