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underwriting

underwriting

7 6.8
Checking and deciding whether to accept financial risk for loans or insurance
  • noun
  • /ˈʌndərˌraɪtɪŋ/
  • Specialized
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  • It's a better user interface, a better user experience in the underwriting and rating side.
  • loan underwriting
  • credit underwriting
  • underwriting process

Incredibly small, but I was able to really understand the internal bank rules of the underwriting teams at these top banks.

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Examples

  • The claims handler then sends the file over to underwriting.

  • Government housing policy pushed underwriting standards lower in order to increase the homeownership rate.

    Blog text (23)
  • The way our underwriting works is we get all of the property information, right?

  • The most recent studies on commercial mortgage default have emphasized the need for updated underwriting methods.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The handler reviews it, and immediately begins the process of post-claim underwriting.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • The FHA employed Babcock and incorporated his model into its underwriting and real estate approval standards.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Financial applications may include actuarial and underwriting activities for pricing purposes, as well as budgeting and accounting systems.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Furthermore, underwriting practices grossly inflated actual property values through several mechanisms.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Bob Pedigo, CLU, FALU, FLMI, heads the underwriting division at Davis Life Brokerage.

    Blog text (32)
  • Before a loan is approved, the bank's team carefully reviews the underwriting process to assess financial risk.

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Surface Forms

underwriting singular
underwritings plural

Morphology

underwriting = underwrite (opaque) = under + write + ing

The nominalization from 'underwrite' is a regular -ing formation.

Etymology

Underwriting comes from insurance work, where insurers would write their names under a risk to show they accepted it. Because they checked the risk before they signed, the pieces under- ('below') and write ('to sign') help explain why the word now means assessing and accepting financial risk.