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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

Typically, the lead marine insurer—the primary underwriter that takes the largest share of an insurance policy—would arrange for salvage operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

It is indeed fortunate that it has been found by experience that those methods of building which are most desirable for the underwriter are also equally advantageous for the manufacturer.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 by Various

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

The filing lists 18 firms as underwriters, and Oura said Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Allen & Co. and Jefferies were the lead bookrunners on the deal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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

SpaceX sold approximately 639 million shares to the public through its IPO and as the underwriters fully exercised their overallotment options.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 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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