underwriter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities
    investment banker.
  2. noun an agent who sells insurance
    insurance broker; insurance agent; general agent.
  3. noun a financial institution that sells insurance
    insurance underwriter; insurance company; insurer; insurance firm.

WordNet


Un"der*writ`er noun
Definitions
  1. One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer.

Webster 1913