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INSURER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A financial institution that sells insurance
Synonyms:
insurance company; insurance firm; insurance underwriter; insurer; underwriter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
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)