noun
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a person or company offering insurance policies in return for premiums
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a person or thing that insures
Etymology
Origin of insurer
Example Sentences
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Property and casualty insurer Safepoint Holdings also should crack the billion-dollar market cap threshold, too, with plans to sell 16.7 million shares in a range of $15 to $17.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
The insurer paid about $15,000 to resolve it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
In 2023, the insurer unit of UnitedHealth Group began to question bills from an affiliate of the Perfect Child it received for a now 10-year-old Columbus, Ohio, patient named Cecilia Margello.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Sean Harper, chief executive of tech-based insurer Kin Insurance, said its relatively high nonpayment rate—58% last year— “is ironically due to some of the really customer-friendly stuff that we do.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Time, patient name, insurer, admitting doctor, room number.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
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