What is an insurance underwriter?

An Insurance underwriter, although it often refers to a business entity also refers to an individual employed as an underwriter. Whichever the term happens to refer to however is negligible. The job of the underwriter or Underwriters is to look at an applicant’s coverage request and verify that it complies with applicable insurance regulations and that it meets the requirements of the Insurer for a specific insuring class and instrument.

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