insurer

[ in-shoor-er, -shur- ]

noun

1. a person or company that contracts to indemnify another in the event of loss or damage; underwriter.
2. a person or thing that insures.
3. a person who sells insurance.

insurer

/ -ˈʃɔː-; ɪnˈʃʊərə /

noun

1. a person or company offering insurance policies in return for premiums
2. a person or thing that insures

Word History and Origins

Origin of insurer¹

First recorded in 1645–55; insure + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Fewer injuries would mean less need for medical care, which would lead to money saved for hospitals and health insurers alike.

From TechCrunch

The report found that those hospitals with a larger share of revenue coming from private insurers received about $44,000 per bed, while poor, rural hospitals got about half that amount.

From ProPublica

This kind of Anglo-Saxon production is so strict that insurers refuse to let him do anything.

From Washington Post

The stronger the evidence base for effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, the more likely healthcare providers and insurers will be to distribute the solutions.

From TechCrunch

Bonuses may be based on the size of employers with a carrier or on keeping employers with an insurer when it comes time to renew.

From ProPublica

It then helped design and implement the bailout of insurer AIG, which, like Bear Stearns, was not regulated by the Fed.

From The Daily Beast

Therefore, in many cases the insurer pays the physician nothing out of your insurance premium.

From The Daily Beast

Therefore, the insurer is paying your primary care doctor $72 a year per patient—out of the $7,200 a year paid to the insurer.

From The Daily Beast

When she called, the insurer tried to steer her to a plan that cost around $500 a month more.

From The Daily Beast

For it was then I learned that our old insurer was not one of those now available.

From The Daily Beast

Indeed, any fraud of the insured in procuring the policy has the effect of voiding it if the insurer chooses to do so.

From Project Gutenberg

His conduct in concealing facts that ought to have been made known to the insurer may have that effect.

From Project Gutenberg

For a total loss the insurer is liable for the entire value of the property to the limit covered by the insurance.

From Project Gutenberg

When the loss is partial the insurer is liable only for the amount of the loss, not exceeding the insurance.

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But he is not an insurer of the property; and therefore is not liable for loss by fire unless he has been negligent.

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