underwriter

Example Sentences

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The stalemate was broken when the lead underwriter agreed to continuing covering the airline for a more modest increase in its premium, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

But currently "no one is buying", he added, saying one underwriter reported to him less than one-percent uptake for Hormuz-related policies.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Bellis, who works as a mortgage underwriter, wanted to be closer to her parents because she has a child and needed more space.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026

Investigators say that participants often tell an underwriter to allocate most of an IPO’s shares to a handful of accounts in the name of foreign nationals.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

It occurred to me fantastically that he was looking me over with the eye of an underwriter who has insured at a heavy premium a rotten hulk bound for stormy seas.

From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart