underwriter

English

Etymology

underwrite +‎ -er

Noun

underwriter (plural underwriters)

1. An entity assuming a financial risk.
2. (insurance) A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured.
3. (finance) An entity undertaking to market newly issued securities.

   They were the underwriters of the company's shares, but only on a "best efforts" basis.

Translations

An entity assuming a financial risk

• Finnish: yhteyspäällikkö
• Georgian: ანდერაიტერი (anderaiṭeri), დამზღვევი (damzɣvevi), მზღვეველი (mzɣveveli)
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• Spanish: asegurador m, aseguradora (es) f, entidad aseguradora f

A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured

• Spanish: asegurador m, aseguradora (es) f
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An entity undertaking to market newly issued securities.

• Spanish: asegurador financiero m, aseguradora financiera f
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