Definition of cedant in English English dictionary
A ceding insurer or reinsurer Ceding means to contractually transfer a portion of a risk or risks to a reinsurer
A ceding insurer or ceding reinsurer A ceding insurer is an insurer that underwrites and issues an original, primary policy to an insured and contractually transfers (cedes) a portion of the risk to a reinsurer A ceding reinsurer is a reinsurer which transfers (cedes) a portion of the underlying reinsurance to a retrocessionnaire