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Managing Broker Relationships for Carriers and MGAs/MGUs
Nov 23 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. The sales role is the lifeblood of insurance, and with a complex pipeline of agencies, agents, brokers, etc., carriers and MGAs can understandably be confused by how to...
K2 Launches Parametric MGA in California Headed by Carpinteri
Nov 22 2021 // K2 Insurance Services LLC launched a managing general agency called K2 Parametric, which is being led by Scott Carpinteri, who has experience in the parametric insurance space. K2 Parametric will be based out of...
Dixen Forms MGA Focused on Workers’ Comp
Nov 15 2021 // Marguerite Dixen, a veteran insurance executive, has established Adroit General Agency, a managing general agency providing workers’ compensation insurance along with technology-driven safety, loss prevention and...
Venbrook Acquires Georgia E&S MGA
Nov 10 2021 // Venbrook Group, an independent insurance distribution and services firm, has acquired Alpharetta Underwriters, a specialty managing general agent that offers excess and surplus coverage for the construction...
Insurtech Arbol Launches Bermuda MGU, Focusing on Parametric Reinsurance
Nov 10 2021 // Arbol Inc., a New York City-based insurtech platform for parametric protection products, announced the launch of Arbol Underwriters Ltd. (AUL), a registered insurance agent based in Bermuda, which is focused on providing...
AXIS Insurance Enters North American Pet Insurance Market With MGU Petplan
Nov 10 2021 // AXIS Insurance, the specialty insurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., announced it has entered the pet insurance market via its Accident and Health unit through a strategic relationship with managing...
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Forms MGA Aura Risk in California
Oct 22 2021 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers formed a new managing general agency, Aura Risk Management, providing program administration and a wholesale trading platform for its carriers, Liberty producers, and Aura’s...
UK MGA CFC Underwriting Receives Major Investment From 2 Private Equity Firms
Oct 21 2021 // CFC Underwriting, the London-based specialist managing general agent, announced a major investment jointly led by EQT and Vitruvian Partners, two of Europe’s leading private equity firms. The size of the investment...
Coverys Launches European Casualty MGA, AEC Europe
Oct 20 2021 // Coverys European Holdings (CEH), a leading underwriting vehicle that invests in speciality managing general agencies in Europe and the UK, announces the expansion of its AEC underwriting agency with the launch of AEC...
People Moves: D&O MGA Tegron Names Tokio Marine’s Shergill Sr U/W; AXIS Financial Institutions Hires 3 for London Team; Aon Re’s Russell Is Casualty Treaty U/W at Atrium
Oct 19 2021 // D&O Insurer Tegron Names Tokio Marine’s Shergill as Senior U/W Tegron Specialty, the Beat Capital backed D&O underwriting specialist, announced the appointment of Kiran Shergill as senior underwriter....
MGAs Can Build Broker Relationships – Even in a Hard Market: Aston Lark’s CEO
Oct 15 2021 // How can managing general agents build broker relationships during a hardening market when insurers have much less incentive to provide capacity? After more than 25 years as a broker, Peter Blanc, CEO of the Goldman...
UK Commercial Fleet Insurance MGA Humn Raises $13.7 Million
Oct 14 2021 // Humn, a UK-based insurtech MGA focused on data-driven commercial fleet insurance, has raised $13.7 million in new financing. The money will fuel, in part, further development of its technology and a European expansion. BXR...
Specialty MGA Rokstone Launches Terrorism Facility in the UK, Led by Ensurance’s Steel
Oct 12 2021 // Rokstone, the London-based speciality re/insurance managing general agency, has launched a new terrorism facility with “A”-rated capacity in the UK. The news follows the launch of its terrorism product in the...
MGA Occam Acquires Terrorism Specialist Beech Underwriting Agencies
Oct 11 2021 // Occam Underwriting, the London-based specialist lines focused managing general agency (MGA), announced it is acquiring Beech Underwriting Agencies Ltd., subject to UK regulatory approval. Beech Underwriting is an approved...
People Moves: TigerRisk Names Harbor Hill Solutions’ Kilduff to Head MGA Business; AXA XL Insurance Promotes Gittler to Lead Cyber & Technology, Americas
Oct 11 2021 // TigerRisk Names Former Harbor Hill Solutions CEO Kilduff to Head MGA Unit TigerRisk Partners LLC, the Stamford, Conn.-based re/insurance broker, announced the appointment of Jim Kilduff to head up the company’s...
Arrow Risk Management Launches MGA Platform, Led by Former Barbican Executives
Oct 7 2021 // Arrow Risk Management announced the launch of its new MGA underwriting platform, led by Jon Godfray as chief executive officer and Mark Harrington as chief underwriting officer. The Arrow Risk platform provides a efficient...
Outdoorsy’s MGA Roamly Selling RV Rental Insurance Through Spinnaker in 3 States
Oct 4 2021 // Digital managing general agency Roamly will link with Hippo-owned carrier Spinnaker Insurance Co. to sell insurance for recreational vehicle rentals. Roamly is owned by Outdoorsy, a global online RV rental and outdoor...
People Moves: 1st Sustainable Insurer Names Foreman as Chair; Piiq and Gallagher Appoint Aerospace Execs; Optio’s Nuclear MGA Northcourt Hires Tetley as MD
Oct 4 2021 // This edition of International People Moves includes appointments at the first sustainable insurer, Parhelion; at brokers Piiq Risk Partners and Gallagher; and at Optio Group’s Nuclear MGA Northcourt. A summary of...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Buys UK MGA Manchester Underwriting Agencies Ltd.
Oct 4 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that its specialist underwriting subsidiary Pen Underwriting has acquired 100% of UK-based Manchester Underwriting Agencies Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Manchester...
Cyber Insurance and Security MGA Coalition Raises $205M
Sep 28 2021 // Coalition, a San Francisco-based cyber insurance and security company, has already been focused on rapid growth. Its new $205 million venture capital financing will help supercharge that strategy even further. Coalition...
