Insurer. The person assuring against loss.
The word 'insurer' in s. 2D of the Insurance Act, 1938 means a person who was carrying on the business of insurance but has closed it, Vanguard Fire and General Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Fraser and Ross AIR 1960 SC 971; see also (1973) 1 SCC 310: (1960) 3 SCR 857. [Insurance Act, 1938, s. 2D; 339 (9)]
Insurer means an insurer as defined in the Insur-ance Act who carries on life insurance business in India and includes the government and a provi-dent society as defined in s. 65 of the Insurance Act. [Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 (31 of 1956), s. 2(6)]