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Securities underwriting
Securities underwriting is the way of placing a fresh issued security, like equities or even bonds, by owning investors. a syndicate of banks (a lead-managers), underwrite a dealing, which means it develop taken on the chance of distributing the securities. Should it non exist as entity to locate plenty investors, so it prevent higher holding occasionally securities themselves.

League tables
Underwriting activity reported within Thomson Financial League Tables ([http://www.thomson.com/financial/investbank/fi_investbank_league_tablearchive_debt.jsp]) (numbers around $ billion) (total of isses around parenthesis):

Spherical debt, stock & equity-related 2004: 5,693 (20,066) (Q4 2004 report) 2003: 5,326 (19,706) (Q4 2003 report) 2002: 4,257 (?) (Q4 2003 report), 3,902 (14,070) (Q4 2002 report) 2001: 4,112 (?) (Q4 2002 report)

Spherical debt & equity disclosed fees 2004: Fifteen.401 (6,890) (Q4 2004 report) 2003: Xiv.461 (8,023) (Q4 2003 report) 2002: Xiv.762 (6,696) (Q4 2003 report), Fourteen.130.Sevener (5,649) (Q4 2002 report) 2001: Xvii.930 (7,027) (Q4 2002 report)

Insurance underwriting
Underwriting can besides refer to insurance; the electrical safety organization Underwriters Laboratories was founded by the class actiin of insurance underwriter fallowing watching a Home of Electricity on a local fairground destroyed by fire due to faulty wiring. The leading underwriter is insurance professional Lloyd's of London.

Other
Underwriting might besides refer to fiscal sponsorship of a venture.

InsurancePort
Fulfillment system created to streamline the underwriting of homeowners and auto insurance. Offers product information.

Professional Software Solutions
Providers of auditing tools for insurance underwriting. Offers product information and demonstration versions.

Tricast
Developers of data analysis, underwriting, rating, and management tools. Provides product information. [English, French]

PowerClaim PV
Insurance-to-value software for underwriters. Allows valuations of residential and agricultural properties. From Hawkins Research, Inc.

Anodas Software Limited
Offers Phoenix, full cycle underwriting system designed to significantly reduce the time taken to quote for and process personal and commercial lines business. Also offers third party administration.

Consilience Software
Offers an automated platform for insurance carriers which enforces underwriting rules and reduces application processing time. Also offers an automation suite for credit card issuers.

Eurobase International, Limited
A specialist provider of IT products and services to the insurance, reinsurance, and banking industries, globally. Products include Synergy, Siena and PRISM.