Cedent

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Yielding; giving way. See extract under cessionary.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The person who cedes a personal obligation to another.
  • Word Usage
    "Under certain indemnity reinsurance agreements, one of our insurance subsidiaries, LLANY, provides 100\% indemnity reinsurance for the business assumed, however, the third-party insurer (the "cedent") remains primarily liable on the underlying insurance business."