BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Underwriter
- a person or organization that buys an issue from a corporation and sells it to investors
Wiktionary Definition for: Underwriter
- A person working for an insurance company who arranges and authorizes an insurance policy with a broker or insured.
Additional Resources
- What IPO Order Flow Reveals About The Role Of The Underwriter
- IPO Initial Public Offering underwriter-brokers dominate aftermarket trading but often follow rather than lead in price discovery. This suggests that the underwriter shares a certification, external monitoring, and signaling role with aftermarket brokers, venture capitalists, and founder-owners retaining equity. This paper investigates the cross-sectional determinants of the role of the...
- White papers 2006-05-01
- Phoenix underwriter is also Mr. Grand Canyon. (Jerry Bevan)
- Phoenix Underwriter Is Also Mr. Grand Canyon Jerry Bevan, commercial underwriter for Federated Insurance, Western Division, in Phoenix, Ariz., "has muscle on the job," according to his supervisor, Barry Peterson. "He's been with thePhoenix Underwriter Is Also Mr. Grand Canyon ...
- Research articles 1990-12-03
- GOLDMAN SACHS MOST LIKELY TO BE LEAD UNDERWRITER OF ICBC IPO
- AsiaInfo Services 11-08-2005 Goldman Sachs Most Likely to Be Lead Underwriter of ICBC IPO BEIJING, Nov 08, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Goldman Sachs, a global leading investment bank, will likely be the lead underwriter of the future initial ...
- Research articles 2005-11-08
- Sample Underwriter Trainee Resume
- Use this sample resume to apply for the post of Underwriter trainee. Underwriter trainee position is responsible for duties under the underwriter position under the direction of senior underwriter. They are responsible for supporting and helping the underwriting staff. Their duties include collecting data, performing administrative duties and organizing reports....
- Tools & templates 2009-01-01
- Underwriter Reputation And Short-Run IPO Returns: A Re-Evaluation For An Emerging Market
- This paper examines the effect of underwriter reputation on the initial-day IPO Initial public offering returns in an emerging market. It uses both a traditional and an extended model given the characteristics of the IPO market under analysis. The results from the traditional model indicate that underwriter reputation does not...
- White papers 2006-03-09
- The Role Of The Underwriter In The IPO Aftermarket
- IPO Initial Public Offering underwriters dominate aftermarket trading but often follow rather than lead in price discovery. This suggests that the underwriter shares a certification, external monitoring and signaling role with aftermarket brokers, venture capitalists and founder-owners retaining equity. This paper investigates the cross-sectional determinants of the role of the...
- White papers 2005-11-01
- Regional Differences And Underwriter Location In Initial Public Offerings
- Equity capital is often an important source of funds for growing firms. This paper investigates the regional differences in the size of newly organized Initial Public Offerings, an important source of equity capital. It also investigates the importance of underwriter reputation and location to the size of the offering. The...
- White papers 2005-05-23
- (Canadian Underwriter)
- Steve Wilson, Senior Publisher of Canadian Underwriter magazine is pleased to announce the appointment of Alistair Orr to the position of Associate Publisher of Canadian Underwriter.A graduate of the University of Ottawa, Alistair comes to Canadian Underwriter with over ten years of successful trade magazine publishing, advertising and marketing experience....
- Research articles 2003-06-01
- Reckson Announces Exercise of Underwriter's Over-Allotment Option on 4.00% Exchangeable Senior Debentures Offering
- MELVILLE, N.Y. -- Reckson Associates Realty Corp. (NYSE: RA) announced today that the underwriter of the Company's June 21, 2005 offering of $250 million in principal amount of 4.00% exchangeable senior debentures due June 15, 2025 exercised all of its over-allotment option. The underwriter has exercised its option to purchase...
- Research articles 2005-06-29
- Hamblin Joins.(underwriter John Hamblin joins Cathedral Syndicate 2010 at Lloyd's of London)(Brief Article)
- Cathedral John Hamblin, a property-catastrophe and aviation reinsurance underwriter with 25 years of experience at Lloyd's, has joined Cathedral Syndicate 2010 at Lloyd's. Mr. Hamblin was previously active underwriter of Limit Syndicate 566. He joins Mark Wilson property treaty, Richard Williams...
- Research articles 2001-02-19
- Sample Insurance Underwriter Cover Letter
- Use this template as a cover letter to apply for the post of insurance underwriter. An insurance underwriter cover letter can be a sure way to a new job if written with clarity and conviction. The sample below displays this job seeker's ability to review individual applications for insurance to...
- Tools & templates 2009-01-01
- Sample Underwriter Resume
- Use this sample resume to apply for the post of Underwriter. Underwriter position is responsible for various routine clerical duties and collecting data essential for underwriter. The position is responsible for examining records, reports and correspondence to select routine matters required for processing. Underwriters prepare questions, reviews credit and other...
- Tools & templates 2009-01-01
- Do Bank Relationships Affect the Firm's Underwriter Choice in the Corporate-Bond Underwriting Market?
- This paper studies the effect of bank relationships on underwriter choice in the U.S. corporate bond underwriting market following the 1989 commercial-bank entry. The paper finds that bank relationships have positive and significant effects on a firm's underwriter choice, over and above their effects on fees. This result is sharply...
- White papers 2004-08-16
- The Impact of Client's Alleged Financial Reporting Fraud on Underwriter Reputation
- This paper examines underwriter reputation loss by using a sample of investment banks that have served corporate clients prior to the discovery of client's alleged financial reporting fraud. The results indicate that underwriters lose reputation upon the filing of lawsuits against their clients. The magnitude of reputation loss is greater...
- White papers 2004-06-08
- How Does The Underwriter Match Allocation And Demand In IPO Bookbuilding?
- This paper uses an original data set of 41 European IPOs Initial Public Offerings brought to the market by a top-tier investment bank. It makes it possible for the first time to consider demand and allocation for institutional and retail investors simultaneously and thereby to analyze all agents at all...
- White papers 2004-04-29
- Sample Insurance Underwriter Resume
- This is the sample resume for applying for the post of insurance underwriter. This template will provide you the relevant idea for preparing an insurance underwriter's resume.
- Tools & templates 2008-01-01
- Sample Mortgage Underwriter Resume
- This is the sample resume for applying for the post of mortgage underwriter. This template will provide you the relevant idea for preparing a mortgage underwriter's resume.
- Tools & templates 2008-01-01
- National Underwriter Co. To Launch 'Technology Decisions'.
- The National Underwriter Company will launch a new monthly publication for the technology segment of the insurance industry, with the premiere issue scheduled for early June. Designed for the information technology professional, Technology Decisio The National Underwriter Company will launch a new monthly...
- Research articles 1999-04-05
- Premium rate hikes are not excessive, underwriter says. (RIMS Conference Report).(Risk and Insurance Management Society's annual conference)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Historically speaking, most risk managers are still ahead of the game on rates, even though terrorist attacks, the dot.com crash and Enron's collapse have combined to send insurance premiums soaring, a Lloyd's underwriter contends. "Property Historically speaking, most risk managers are still...
- Research articles 2002-04-29
- Byte Enterprises Announces The Qualifier Series Embedded Interface to Fannie Mae's Desktop Underwriter and Desktop Originator
- SEATTLE--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 24, 1998--Byte Enterprises announced today that their mortgage origination software, The Qualifier SeriesTQSTM, now offers seamless access to Fannie Mae's (NYSE: FNM) Desktop Originator and Desktop Underwriter from point-of-sale software, offering streamlined underwriting to lenders. The interface between TQS and Fannie Mae's Desktop Underwriter and Desktop Originator allows...
- Research articles 1998-02-24
