Answer: underwriting

AnswerCrossword Clue
underwriting(of a bank or other financial institution) Engage to buy all the unsold shares in (an issue of new securities)
underwritingWrite (something) below something else, esp. other written matter
underwritingUNDERWRITE, to write under or at the end of something else
underwritingSign and accept liability under (an insurance policy), thus guaranteeing payment in case loss or damage occurs
underwritingAccept (a liability or risk) in this way
underwritingUndertake to finance or otherwise support or guarantee (something)