Insurer

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Insurer \In*sur"er\, n.
     One who, or that which, insures; the person or company that
     contracts to indemnify losses for a premium; an underwriter.
     Insurgence

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  insurer
       n : a financial institution that sells insurance [syn: {insurance
           company}, {insurance firm}, {insurance underwriter}, {underwriter}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "insurer":
     approver, bailsman, bondsman, certifier, confirmer, cosignatory,
     cosigner, endorser, godfather, godparent, guarantee, guarantor,
     guaranty, mainpernor, mortgagor, notary, notary public, party,
     ratifier, signatory, sponsor, subscriber, surety, underwriter,
     upholder, warrantor
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  INSURER, contracts. One who has obliged himself to insure the safety of 
  another's property, in consideration of a premium paid, or secured to be 
  paid, to him. It is his duty to pay any loss which has arisen on the 
  property insured. Vide Marsh. Ins. Index,.h. t.; Park. Ins. Index, h. t. 
  Phill. Ins. h. t.; Wesk. Ins. h. t.; Pardess. Index, art. Assureur.