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INSURER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does insurer mean?
• INSURER (noun)
The noun INSURER has 1 sense:
1. a financial institution that sells insurance
Familiarity information: INSURER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A financial institution that sells insurance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
insurance company; insurance firm; insurance underwriter; insurer; underwriter
Hypernyms ("insurer" is a kind of...):
nondepository financial institution (a financial institution that funds their investment activities from the sale of securities or insurance)
Derivation:
insure (protect by insurance)
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