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underwriting

Health insurance The process of determining a person's insurability in terms of life, liability, home, and other insurance policies and whether it will accept an application for insurance. See Field underwriting, Medical malpractice underwriting.
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When it's done right, underwriting can be an engine for growth and profitability.
Carrier Survey by FirstBest Identifies Underwriting Efficiency Challenges
has aided the evolution of underwriting tools with its ISO HomeValue--an Internet-based residential replacement cost estimator that provides insurers and their agents access to valuable property data upon entry of an address.
Power tools: new and evolving technologies are helping personal lines underwriters properly assess risks and provide better rates for consumers
The Board has determined that, subject to the prudential framework of limitations established in previous decisions to address the potential for conflicts of interests, unsound banking practices, or other adverse effects, underwriting and dealing in bank-ineligible securities are so closely related to banking as to be a proper incident thereto within the meaning of section 4(c)(8) of the BHC Act.
ORDERS ISSUED UNDER BANK HOLDING COMPANY ACT
For new policy applications, Group 1 Software's Underwriting Automation solution leverages industry-leading address cleansing and geocoding technologies to provide real-time standardization and validation of customer name and address information, and automated territory assignment for faster, more efficient, and more accurate underwriting analysis.
Pitney Bowes' Group 1 Software Introduces Underwriting Automation Solution for Property and Casualty Insurers
Homesite worked with a software vendor to integrate multiple system platforms to create an efficient and accurate underwriting system.
Homesite Group Inc. receives Underwriting and Pricing Award
San Paolo-IMI also has committed that Mabon will conduct its bank-ineligible securities underwriting and dealing subject to the Board's revenue restriction.
Order Approving Notice to Engage in Nonbanking Activities
The current rating reflects the group's stable underwriting performance, derived by its well-established close working treaty relationships with small- to medium-sized regional property/casualty companies.
A.M. BEST RELEASES 1993 RATINGS FOR 150 INSURERS
The BlitzDocs Certified Underwriting Provider designation demonstrates our continued commitment to improving our processes," said Mike Brown, senior vice president of Lender Solutions for Radian Guaranty.
Radian Guaranty Inc. Joins BlitzDocs(R) Collaborative Document Network
Disciplined underwriting has these qualities and contingencies.
Underwriting discipline evolved from art to science
Except for the prohibition on purchasing securities during the underwriting period, none of these funding firewalls was applied under the Board's original 1987 order but were added in 1989 when the range of permissible securities activities was expanded.
Statement by Susan M. Phillips, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, March 20, 1997
based Companion Property & Casualty Group set out to build a more sophisticated underwriting and pricing module within its Internet applications, it also gained an added bonus: fewer and less costly resources were needed to maintain the new module vs.
Digital rescue: how three insurers used technology to solve underwriting problems, including speed, pricing and accumulation of risk
Guidewire PolicyCenter provides system-to-system integration between the company and agents, applies rule-based business logic to risk evaluation, and provides underwriters a unified desktop to manage and monitor the underwriting process effectively.
CNA Streamlines Underwriting Process with Guidewire PolicyCenter

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