The cost and scarcity of this type of funding means that these businesses—equity underwriting is an example—will command higher margins.

这种债务的成本和稀缺性意味着相关行业——例如股票包销——要求更高的收益。

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Considering these strengths, I believe that we will earn an underwriting profit over the years and that our float will therefore cost us nothing.

考虑到这些优势，我相信在接下来数年里，保险业务依然可以保持盈利并且不需要为浮存金进行支付。

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But manual underwriting with medical tests can cost hundreds of dollars and, according to one estimate, drags on for an average of 42 days in America and Europe.

但是手工利用医学测验来核对保单可耗费数百美元，而据估计在美国和欧洲这个过程更可拖沓长达42日之久。

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The difference between what insurance companies earn from underwriting and what the policies cost (how much they have to pay) is the underwriting gain or loss.

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Investors who offer jumbo loans give borrowers access to higher loan limits, but they also have tougher underwriting requirements and can cost more than conventional loans.

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