Underwriter

Definition: Underwriter

Underwriter

Noun

1. A banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities.

Date "underwriter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1851. (references)

Specialty Definition: Underwriter

Domain	Definition
Finance	The middleman for selling and distributing securities to investors or the public. Source: European Union. (references)
	One who undertakes to place a certain amount of a bond, stock or share offering by purchasing them for resale to investors. Source: European Union. (references)
Insurance	The corporate body which accepts a given risk to indemnity the insured in case of loss of or damage to the latter's person or belongings as a result of the happening of the event specifi ed in the insurance contract in force. Source: European Union. (references)
	Niveau fonctionnel. Source: European Union. (references)
Literature	Underwriter An underwriter at Lloyds. One who insures a ship or its merchandise to a stated amount. So called because he writes his name under the policy. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Occupations	Reviews insurance applications to evaluate, classify, and rate individuals and groups for insurance and accepts or rejects applications, following establishment underwriting standards: Examines such documents as application form, inspection report, insurance maps, and medical reports to determine degree of risk from such factors as applicant financial standing, age, occupation, accident experience, and value and condition of property. Reviews company records to determine amount of insurance in force on single risk or group of closely related risks, and evaluates possibility of losses due to catastrophe or excessive insurance. Writes to field representatives, medical personnel, and other insurance or inspection companies to obtain further information, quote rates, or explain company underwriting policies. Declines excessive risks. Authorizes reinsurance of policy when risk is high. Decreases value of policy when risk is substandard to limit company obligation, and specifies applicable endorsements, or applies rating to ensure safe and profitable distribution of risks, using rate books, tables, code books, computer records, and other reference materials. Workers typically specialize by type of insurance coverage, such as life, health, property and liability, or multiline insurance; and by individual or group underwriting. Within different types of coverage, workers may further specialize in areas, such as pension, workers' compensation, property, marine, automobile, homeowner, or fire. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Underwriter

Synonym: investment banker (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Underwriter

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Consignee	Functionary, placeman, curator; treasurer; factor, bailiff, clerk, secretary, attorney, advocate, solicitor, proctor, broker, underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer, one's man of business; factotum; (director); caretaker; dalal, dubash, garnishee, gomashta.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Underwriter

English words defined with "underwriter": Assurer ♦ insurance underwriter, Insurancer ♦ Underwriting. (references)

Specialty definitions using "underwriter": chartered life underwriter ♦ director, underwriter sales, DIRECTOR, UNDERWRITER SOLICITATION ♦ early signing ♦ firm underwriter ♦ Implied Conditions, incidental non-marine ♦ REINSURANCE CLERK ♦ sales representative, signing indication ♦ UNDERWRITER, MORTGAGE LOAN, underwriting analyst, UNDERWRITING CLERK. (references)

Etymologies containing "underwriter": Insurancer. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Underwriter

Domain	Title
Books	Communicating the Appraisal: Fannie Mae Desktop Underwriter Quantitative Analysis Appraisal Report Form 2055 & Fannie Mae Desktop Underwriter qualita (reference) National Underwriter 95 Handbook (reference) The Unleashed Underwriter (reference) Underwriter (reference) Underwriter (Passbooks for Career Opportunities) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	National Underwriter - Life & Health Financial Services Edit (reference) Health Insurance Underwriter (reference) National Underwriter - Property & Casualty Risk & Benefits M (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Underwriter

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Very important for safety engineering tests and inspections, much the same as the Underwriter Laboratory (UL) in the United States, are the various Technical Inspection Associations - Technischer Ueberwachungsverein (TUEV). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Underwriter

"Underwriter" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Underwriter" is used about 68 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	68	40,606

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Underwriter

Expressions using "underwriter": chartered life underwriter ♦ firm underwriter ♦ insurance underwriter ♦ managing underwriter. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Underwriter

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
underwriter laboratory	406	canadian underwriter	14
casualty not our present resume underwriter us we	220	notary public underwriter	13
underwriter	181	association health national underwriter	13
apply casualty description education experience experience job job job job listing mail now objective opening opportunity reference resume resume resume skill submit underwriter work	179	title insurance underwriter	12
underwriter lab	122	chartered property casualty underwriter	12
national underwriter	109	international liberty underwriter	11
desktop underwriter	98	mortgage training underwriter	11
mortgage underwriter	84	life underwriter	11
universal underwriter	79	appalachian underwriter	11
insurance underwriter	46	desktop fannie mae underwriter	11
underwriter laboratory inc	31	universal underwriter insurance company	10
apply description education experience experience job job job job listing mail now objective opening opportunity reference resume resume resume skill submit underwriter work	31	marine national underwriter	10
not our present resume underwriter us we	31	underwriter laboratory of canada	10
chartered life underwriter	28	insurance underwriter universal	10
applied underwriter	25	become mortgage underwriter	10
group underwriter universal	22	acceptance corporation underwriter universal	10
casualty our present resume underwriter us we	18	insurance southern underwriter	10
labratories underwriter	16	company national underwriter	9
loan underwriter	15	innovative underwriter	9
association life national underwriter	14	tapco underwriter	9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Underwriter

Language		Translations for "underwriter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		agjent sigurues, agjenci siguruese. (various references)

Arabic		‏ضامن السندات, ‏المؤمن لديه, ‏الضامن (guarantor, guaranty, voucher, warranter). (various references)

Bulgarian		застрахователно дружество (indemnifier, insurance company, insurer), застраховател (assurer, indemnifier, insurer). (various references)

Chinese		保险商. (various references)

Czech		upisovatel. (various references)

Danish		underwriter, tegningsgarant, forsikrer (insurer), assurandoer (insurer). (various references)

Dutch		verzekeraar (insurer), vaste overnemer (firm underwriter), ondertekenaar (firm underwriter, signatory, signer), inschrijver op een aandelenemissie. (various references)

Farsi		متعهد (Guarantor, Undertaker, Undertaking), تقبل کننده , بیمه گر (Insurer). (various references)

Finnish		merkintätakuun antaja. (various references)

French		assureur, souscripteur. (various references)

German		Versicherer (assurer, insurer, underwriters), Versicherungsträger (underwriters). (various references)

Greek		ασφαλιστήσ (actuary, insurer, securer, security policeman), ασφαλιστής (insurer), αντασφαλιστήσ (reinsurer). (various references)

Hebrew		חתם (sealer, sign). (various references)

Hungarian		aláíró (signatory, subscriber). (various references)

Indonesian		penanggung. (various references)

Italian		assicuratore (insurer). (various references)

Manx		raanteenagh, foyialleyder. (various references)

Pig Latin		erwriterunday

Portuguese		tomador firme (firm underwriter), subscritor (subscriber), segurador marítimo, segurador (abandonee, assurer, insurer, insurgence). (various references)

Russian		страховщик (abandonee, assurer, insurer), гарант размещения. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		osiguravač (insurant, insurer), jemac (bondsman, guarantor, voucher, warranter, warrantor). (various references)

Spanish		asegurador (assurer, fastener, insurant, insurer). (various references)

Swedish		försäkringsgivare (assurer, insurer). (various references)

Turkish		sigortacı (assurer, insurance agent, insurance broker, insurer), borsada halka satılmayan yeni senetleri alan kişi. (various references)

Ukrainian		страхова компанія, страховик. (various references)

Vietnamese		người bảo hiểm (assurer). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Underwriter

Derivations
	Words beginning with "underwriter": underwriters. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Underwriter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: underwritter. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Underwriter"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "underwriter" (pronounced u"nderrī'ter)
4	-r ī' t er	copywriter, screenwriter, scriptwriter, skywriter, songwriter, speechwriter, sportswriter, typewriter.
3	-ī' t er	bullfighter, firefighter, gunfighter, lamplighter.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Underwriter

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-n-r-r-r-t-u-w"
	-1 letter: underwrite.
	-2 letters: underwire.
	-3 letters: interred, intruder, retinued, returned, returner, reunited, reuniter, rewinder, rewriter, trendier, wintered, winterer.
	-4 letters: denture, dernier, detinue, erudite, intrude, nerdier, reinter, rentier, retinue, retired, retirer, retried, retuned, reunite, rewiden, rewired, rewrite, runtier, tenured, terrier, terrine, tireder, turdine, untired, untried, uterine, weirder, widener.
	-5 letters: denier, dewier, dieter, dunite, durrie, endite, endure, entire, enured.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-n-r-r-r-t-u-w"
	+1 letter: underwriters.
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