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underwriter

[uhn-der-rahy-ter] / ˈʌn dərˌraɪ tər /


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Gareth Powley, a senior technical underwriter at Aviva and Direct Line for Business insurance, said it had a "new for old" basis policy.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Not that he wants to be a poet: “I don’t want to write,” he confesses to his friend June, who, for practical reasons, has decided to become an insurance underwriter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Lead underwriter Goldman Sachs erected models just a few weeks ago of SpaceX rockets in the lobby of its New York headquarters.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Soon after, the underwriter received a performance email raising concerns about his refusal to approve the loan: “Collaboration challenges: some interactions have felt resistant, making teamwork difficult.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

He was also, it seems, a shipowner and underwriter.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

Revere Securities, one of the top underwriters of foreign penny-stock IPOs, agrees to an $800,000 fine for failing to flag suspicious activity without admitting or denying the findings.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Bankers wore green Nike sneakers in a nod to SpaceX’s “greenshoe” option, which allowed the underwriters to sell more shares than originally planned in the event of heavy demand.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Intel also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 31.6 million additional shares at the offering price.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

“If the sum insured is large, let’s say $20 million or more, underwriters will typically ask for a full medical exam,” says Paul Bassman, managing director at the insurance broker Higginbotham.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Even so, the fire prompted insurance underwriters to take a closer look at the building, and what they saw frightened them.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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