Underwriter Edit Meaning

1.

A person who evaluates risk for an insurancecompany. Underwriters are typically underpaid, underappreciated, and have to endure a lot of corporatepolitics. Their job often involves having to rate policies and performing other unpopular tasks.

"You know, Bob, that person seems to have an ability to be cold, impersonal, and downright mean, all while towing the company line. I think he would be a good underwriter."

See insurance, rate, di, corporate

2.

A sophisticated name for a data entry clerk, so they won't feel like they are just low skilled individuals.

the underwriter at geico insurance is really a data entry clerk, all they do all day is enter data into the computer.

See insurance