insurerin‧sur‧er /ɪnˈʃʊərə $ -ˈʃʊrər/ noun [countable] 
Examples
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
word sets- The full cost of storm damage will be paid by the insurer.
- After Art, I called a few more insurers.
- And last year, insurers expect the final cost to be as much as a billion pounds.
- Banks, insurers and other financial companies got hit as well.
- He found that 81 percent of the insurers will write new policies only to consumers whose homes meet strict underwriting guidelines.
- Once the claims were paid, the insurers decided amongst themselves who bore the loss and in what proportion.
- The shares of ordinary insurers would be cheap.
WORD SETS► Insurance
Collocationsaccident insurance, act of God, nounactuary, nounagainst all risks, adverbagreed-value insurance, all-risks, adjectiveall-risks insurance, annuitant, nounannuity insurance, assurance, nounautomobile insurance, average clause, average statement, aviation insurance, benefit, nounblanket insurance, block insurance, Blue Shield, nounbroker's lien, buildings and contents insurance, business interruption insurance, business liability insurance, capital sum, capital surplus, car insurance, casualty insurance, certificate of existence, nouncertificate of insurance, nounChartered Financial Consultant, nouncivil commotion, nounclassification society, nounCLU, coinsurance, nouncoinsure, verbcomprehensive insurance, contingency insurance, cover, verbcover, nouncoverage, nouncover note, nouncredit insurance, death futures, declaration insurance, deferment period, disability insurance, encash, verbendowment policy, nounengineering insurance, excepted perils, nounexpense ratio, export insurance, extended coverage, face amount, fidelity insurance, fire insurance, floater, nounfloating insurance, flood insurance, free of particular average, adjectivefriendly society, noungeneral average contribution, group insurance, health plan, nounhomeowner's insurance, household insurance, indemnify, verbindemnity, nounindustrial injuries insurance, Institute Clauses, nounInstitute of London Underwriters, nouninsurance adjuster, nouninsurance broker, nouninsurance policy, nouninsurance premium, nouninsure, verbinsured, adjectiveinsurer, nounliability insurance, life assurance, nounlife insurance, nounlike-for-like, adjectiveloading, nounlong-tail, adjectiveloss adjuster, nounmarine insurance, material fact, nounmedical insurance, moral hazard, mortgage protection insurance, motor insurance, National Insurance, nounno-claims bonus, nounopen insurance, particular average, policy, nounpremium, nounpremium income, property and liability insurance, protection, nounreinsure, verbrenewal premium, risk, nounsalvor, nounsubrogation, nounsurrender value, term insurance, third party, fire and theft insurance, travel insurance, underwrite, verbunderwriter, noununemployment insurance, valued insurance, whole-life insurance, with profits, adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► big
a person or company that provides insurance· Municipal Mutual, Britain's ninth biggest insurer with 1,500,000 policyholders, is in difficulty and looking for a new partner.· Even big insurers like Hartford and Cigna admit that these practices give the industry a bad name.
► large· Direct Line Insurance is Britain's largest direct insurer and had been running at 100,000 new policies or thereabouts for three years.
► mutual· The House of Lords ruled that the mutual insurer was wrong to renege on guarantees offered to about 90,000 pension policyholders.
► other· A much smaller increase in premium where you loose your no claims bonus following an accident than with most other insurers.· As with any other policy the insurers will always require an excess.· So Centre Re designed policies to achieve that more cheaply than the standard annual policies offered by other insurers.· The mighty Prudential and other life insurers bought chains of estate agencies.
► private· Data are being gathered from published sources and from interviews with officials, private insurers and commercial bankers.· Other fixes are more complex and include changing how Medicare pays doctors and hospitals, monitors spending and subsidizes private health insurers.· The government has bailed out some bust private insurers.· But the advisory panel told Congress that it found no evidence that more money retains private insurers.· Berlanga said the state would look for waste and duplication in public health care and work with private insurers.· So we have been moving to make matters worse by encouraging private insurers to take over Medicare.
NOUN► health· Other fixes are more complex and include changing how Medicare pays doctors and hospitals, monitors spending and subsidizes private health insurers.· No company wants its employees treated poorly or unfairly by the health insurer administering the self-insured plan.· William F.. Weld, say it will eliminate the so-called gag clauses some health insurers put in their contracts with physicians.· For health insurers in California, the rules distinctly changed with a state law that took effect in July.· But getting health insurers to pay for the promised sessions is, in many cases, a losing struggle.
► life· In order to give you even more help, we are foregoing the annual renewal commission with certain life insurers.· The performance of life insurers will vary widely, although all are expected to post declines.· The snag is that life insurers, too, are relationship investors.· General and life insurers and securities traders were reported as more optimistic.· The mighty Prudential and other life insurers bought chains of estate agencies.
VERB► pay· Once the claims were paid, the insurers decided amongst themselves who bore the loss and in what proportion.· The remainder will be paid by liability insurers of the company's former directors.· The damages will be paid by the insurers of the other car driver.