spec. To subscribe (a policy of insurance) thereby accepting the risk of insurance. Also absol.

transitive. Chiefly Insurance. To determine or settle (a claim or liability); to assess (a loss or damage).

Life Insurance. To increase (a premium) by adding a charge (called the ‘loading’) as a provision against contingencies or for other reasons; to…

transitive to underwrite part of (a liability, esp. a share issue, that has been underwritten by another).

To make a claim for (indemnity), esp. upon an insurance company. Also absol.

transitive and intransitive. Insurance. To induce someone to change a policy from one company to another. Cf. twisting, n. 5.

Commerce. To secure the payment of a sum of money in the event of loss of or damage to property (esp… (Cf. insurance, n. 4e.)

In technical use in business and finance. transitive. To accept (a liability or risk) under the terms of an insurance policy; to underwrite (an…