Underwriting Quotes

Within investment banking, there was a strong bias towards the trading result, while underwriting actually fell from the fourth quarter. - Dirk Becker

With our specialized teams of seasoned underwriting professionals located in nine regional offices throughout the U.S. and the expertise of the professional liability claims management team in New York, ACE USA can respond to the unique requirements and evolving needs of our clients and brokers. - Clint Johnson

With our new prostate cancer initiative, we are once again taking a forward-looking approach to our underwriting because we expect that the significant progress made against this disease will continue. We hope to make a difference in people's lives with our expertise and our actions. Early screening and detection are critical for beating prostate cancer. We hope every man in America who is age 50 and older will undergo regular screenings and remain vigilant against this disease. - Michael Kalen

With apologies to Frank Capra, it was a wonderful year for underwriting. There's no shortage of demand for money. - Richard Peterson

Whitney is the big question mark ... But Whitney also has among the very best underwriting standards in the country. It will serve them very well. - Jeff Davis

Whilst we achieved a strong underwriting performance, our overall result was highlighted by fairly strong investment returns on which no company would want to rely completely from year to year. - David Jones

We've seen a very volatile stock market since February. Different styles and sectors, like technology or financials, coming in and out of favor with no clear direction. There's nothing really wrong with techs. They are certainly somewhat highly valued by any historic measure, but probably not as highly valued as they were in February. We think, actually, come the fall, we could see a big tech rally, and that would probably be related to the fact that the IPO calendars are really building at the big underwriting firms, the big broker dealers. - Timothy Ghriskey

We had to bring our underwriting standards up to a level equal to the rest of the state. We had to look at the loans to be sure we had no more major losses. We had to get our staff trained. We've buckled down and done what we needed to do. - Michael Townsend