insurer
noun
in·sur·er in-ˈshu̇r-ər 
-ˈshər-
: one that insures
specifically : an insurance underwriter
Example Sentences
In this policy, the insurer agrees to pay for all medical expenses.
Recent Examples on the Web The state insurer’s rolls, which totaled 34,500 in August 2020, ballooned to about 110,000 last week. 
Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2022 Aetna was also the insurer for the hotel chain Holiday Inn on Dec. 6, 1975, when a Holiday Inn in Beirut was destroyed by fighting in Lebanon’s civil war. Josephine Wolff, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Revenue has grown 39 percent during his tenure as chief executive, to $48 billion last year, and the company is now the sixth-largest property-and-casualty insurer in the world. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022 Progressive is the third-largest auto insurer in the country and is one of the top 15 homeowners’ insurance carriers. Brenda Cain, cleveland, 20 May 2022 His lawyer asked the judge in the case to certify the lawsuit as a class action after analyzing claims data in Illinois, where State Farm is the largest insurer. New York Times, 18 Mar. 2022 Prevent Senior Case, which revealed a health insurer using COVID patients as guinea pigs to test unproven treatments. Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2022 Under the changes, certain national employers would be able to also request a bid from a second Blue insurer of their choice, setting up competition between the two Blues. Anna Wilde Mathews, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022 An additional 27% of practices were owned by a corporation, such as a health insurer or a private equity firm, leaving fewer than half of physician practices under independent ownership. Katy Golvala And Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2022 See More
Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2022 Aetna was also the insurer for the hotel chain Holiday Inn on Dec. 6, 1975, when a Holiday Inn in Beirut was destroyed by fighting in Lebanon’s civil war. Josephine Wolff, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Revenue has grown 39 percent during his tenure as chief executive, to $48 billion last year, and the company is now the sixth-largest property-and-casualty insurer in the world. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022 Progressive is the third-largest auto insurer in the country and is one of the top 15 homeowners’ insurance carriers. Brenda Cain, cleveland, 20 May 2022 His lawyer asked the judge in the case to certify the lawsuit as a class action after analyzing claims data in Illinois, where State Farm is the largest insurer. New York Times, 18 Mar. 2022 Prevent Senior Case, which revealed a health insurer using COVID patients as guinea pigs to test unproven treatments. Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2022 Under the changes, certain national employers would be able to also request a bid from a second Blue insurer of their choice, setting up competition between the two Blues. Anna Wilde Mathews, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022 An additional 27% of practices were owned by a corporation, such as a health insurer or a private equity firm, leaving fewer than half of physician practices under independent ownership. Katy Golvala And Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1654, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
insurer
noun
in·sur·er in-ˈshu̇r-ər
: one that contracts to indemnify another by way of insurance : an insurance company or underwriter
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