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Conning Study: MGA Market Still Growing

A hard market combined with underwriting capacity from fronting companies allowed for robust growth in the MGA market in 2023, according to a new Conning strategic study. The global investment management firm’s 11th annual study on the P/C program business …

Generali Completes Purchase of Conning and Affiliates From Cathay Life

Generali announced it has completed the acquisition of Conning Holdings Ltd. (CHL) and Conning affiliates from Cathay Life, a subsidiary of Taiwan’s Cathay Financial Holdings. The deal, which was first announced on July 6, 2023, has been structured as an …

Generali to Return €500 Million to Investors in Share Buyback

Assicurazioni Generali SpA will return €500 million [$541.4 million] to shareholders, following acquisitions last year that are set to boost its non-life and asset management businesses. The share buyback plan will be submitted for shareholder approval in April and started …

US Insurers Optimistic, Open to Take More Investment Risk in 2024: Conning

Most U.S. insurers plan to take on more investment risk in 2024, and said the risks associated with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the investment process are outweighed by the potential benefits of the technology. According to results …

MGAs and Fronting Companies: Exploring the New ‘Asset-Light’ Frontier

Premiums underwritten by U.S. managing general agencies not affiliated with insurance companies reached $33 billion in 2022, and fronting companies wrote another $13 billion in the same year, a new report says. Reinsurance broker Howden Tiger and the insurance research …

Generali Buys U.S. Asset Manager Conning Under Deal With Cathay Life

Generali has agreed to buy Connecticut-based asset manager Conning Holdings as part of a partnership with Cathay Life, a unit of Taiwan’s Cathay Financial Holding, the Italian insurer said on Thursday. The deal, structured as an exchange of assets without …

People Moves: Conning Announces New Head of North America, Other Key Promotions

Conning Announces New Head of North America and Other Key Promotions Conning has named Matt Daly, head of the corporate and municipal bond teams, as the new head of Conning North America, effective September 30. Daly has over 25 years …

Conning: Embedded Insurance Market Could Exceed $70B in Premium by 2030

Embedded insurance – a concept in which insurance is wrapped into the purchase of a product at the point of sale – could exceed $70 billion in premium by 2030, according a new report by Conning. This is on par …

MGAs: An All-Weather Distribution Channel for Soft and Hard Markets

Many reinsurers across the globe increasingly have been doing business with certain select managing general agents (MGAs), seen as market innovators, by reinsuring the fronting insurers that provide the paper for MGAs to underwrite. In recent years, it is a …