Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that insures, especially an insurance underwriter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which insures or makes sure or certain.
- noun One who contracts, in consideration of a stipulated payment called a premium, to indemnify a person or company against certain perils or losses, or against a particular event; an underwriter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, insures; the person or company that contracts to indemnify losses for a premium; an underwriter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
insures .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a financial institution that sells insurance
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Examples
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For example, your real-estate closing attorney does not disclose that he is accepting a "kickback" from the title insurer he has hired to safeguard the home you are purchasing.
Gary S. Chafetz: SUPREME COURT FINALLY GUTS HONEST-SERVICE FRAUD 2010
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Cathy Pearson, an elementary school teacher who recently bought her first home, in San Clemente, Calif., says she accepted as “a given” the title insurer chosen by real-estate agents involved in the transaction.
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Fidelity National Financial fell 3.30, or 15%, to 19.30 after the title insurer said it would sell 13.3 million shares.
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The title insurer already owned a 9.5 percent stake.
Reuters: Top News 2012
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That means the odds of a challenge to your ownership are slim enough that the title insurer is willing to agree to defend you.
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The title insurer already owned a 9.5 percent stake.
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With it, the title insurer will either "perfect the title" or pay any valid claims.
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With it, the title insurer will either "perfect the title" or pay any valid claims.
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That means the odds of a challenge to your ownership are slim enough that the title insurer is willing to agree to defend you.
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July 16 (Bloomberg) -- Fidelity National Financial Inc., the title insurer that called the industry an "oligopoly," agreed to sell assets in Oregon and Michigan to settle a regulatory review into anticompetitive practices.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2010
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