underwriter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: underwriter	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for underwriter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
underwriter n a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities Synonym(s): investment banker, underwriter an agent who sells insurance Synonym(s): insurance broker, insurance agent, general agent, underwriter a financial institution that sells insurance Synonym(s): insurance company, insurance firm, insurer, insurance underwriter, underwriter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Underwriter \Un"der*writ`er\, n. One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer.