Definition of Insurer

1. Noun. A financial institution that sells insurance.


Definition of Insurer

1. n. One who, or that which, insures; the person or company that contracts to indemnify losses for a premium; an underwriter.

Definition of Insurer

1. Noun. One who insures. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Insurer

1. one that insures [n -S] - See also: insures

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insurer

insurance selection bias
insurance shot
insurance underwriter
insurancelike
insurancer
insurancers
insurances
insurant
insurants
insure
insured
insured person
insureds
insuree
insurees
insurer (current term)
insurers
insures
insurgence
insurgences
insurgencies
insurgency
insurgent
insurgently
insurgents
insuring
insurmountability
insurmountable
insurmountableness
insurmountably

Literary usage of Insurer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"Where the insured and insurer make a substituted contract supported by ... Where, prior to or simultaneously with the breach of condition, the insurer ..."

2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1919)
"It was there held that the obligation of the contract did not extend beyond the insurer and the insured, that it did not inure to the benefit of the injured ..."

3. The American and English Encyclopaedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, James Cockcroft, Lucius Polk McGehee, Charles Porterfield (1904)
"In an action by the insurer to enforce his right of subrogation it is no defense that the insurer was negligent in assuming the risk,5 or that the loss paid ..."

4. Handbook of the Law of Insurance by William Reynolds Vance (1904)
"249-250) LIABILITY OF THE GUARANTY insurer. 51)9 stated in the Georgia case ... Whether the guaranty insurer is liable for any specific loss that falls upon ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1901)
"If, as a matter of practice, in admiralty, an insurer may be ... The privilege of the insurer to sue in its own name is one merely for convenience; ..."

6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"If, as a matter of practice, in admiralty, an insurer may be ... The privilege of the insurer to sue in its own name is one merely for convenience; ..."

7. Rights, Remedies, and Practice, at Law, in Equity, and Under the Codes: A by John Davison Lawson (1890)
"Remedy of insurer or Insured against Third Party Causing Loss — Subrogation.—The insurer has a right of subrogation to the rights of the insured against ..."

8. A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and by John Ramsey McCulloch, Vethake, Henry (1852)
"To show that the principle ie equitable as between the merchant and hie insurer, we subjoin oue more statement, where tue damage u taken at ..."

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