Julian Tighe News

Asta and JPO Consulting Launch ARTes, an MGA Specializing in U.S. Inland Marine

Asta, the third-party managing agent at Lloyd’s, and JPO Consulting, announced the launch of ARTes Specialty Ltd., an independent UK-based managing general agent (MGA), wholly owned by its founders and directors. Co-founded by Chris Thomas, chief executive officer, and Richard …

Insurtech MIC Global Receives ‘In-Principle’ Approval to Launch Lloyd’s Syndicate

Insurtech MIC Global has received “in-principle” approval from Lloyd’s for the creation of MIC Global Insurance Syndicate 5183. UK-based MIC Global provides end-to-end digital micro insurance products, providing cover for millions of people and businesses that are unserved by current …

MCI Lloyd’s Syndicate 1902 Offers ‘Ground-Breaking’ Infectious Disease Liability Cover

Specialist liability underwriter Medical & Commercial International (MCI) announced the launch of a ground-breaking communicable disease liability (CDL) cover. Based on extensive epidemiological research by leading scientists and liability practitioners, MCI said it will be the world’s first and only …

Volante Receives ‘In-Principle’ Nod From Lloyd’s to Launch Asta-Managed Syndicate

Volante Capital Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd., the international multi-class managing general agency platform, has received “in-principle” approval from Lloyd’s to launch Syndicate 1699 for the 2022 year of account, with initial stamp capacity of £130 million ($177.4 million). The syndicate will …

Dale Partners Receives ‘In-Principle’ Approval to Launch Lloyd’s Managing Agency

Dale Partners Ltd., the London-based holding company of Dale Underwriting Partners (DUP), has been granted “in-principle” approval by Lloyd’s to form its own managing agency. The new entity, Dale Managing Agency Ltd., will now submit its regulatory business plan, seeking …

Medical & Commercial International Gets ‘In-Principle’ Nod to Form Lloyd’s Syndicate

edical & Commercial International (MCI), the specialist managing general agency, has received “in-principle” approval from Lloyd’s for Syndicate 1902 to underwrite business incepting on or after Jan. 1, 2022. The syndicate will write gross written premium (GWP) of £45 million …

Carbon Underwriting to Launch Syndicate-in-a-Box at Lloyd’s

Managing general underwriter Carbon Underwriting has received in-principle approval from Lloyd’s to launch a syndicate-in-a-box, Syndicate 4747. Carbon will start writing business, effective July 1, 2020, with stamp capacity of £15 million (US$18.4 million) in year one, estimated to rise …

Manchester Underwriting Acquires Pelican Underwriting from Asta Capital

Manchester Underwriting Management Ltd. (MUM) announced it has acquired Pelican Underwriting One Ltd. from third party managing agent Asta Capital Ltd. Pelican Underwriting One trades as Pelican Underwriting and specializes in writing solicitors’ professional indemnity (PI) in England and Wales. …

Lloyd’s Approves Dale Underwriting Partners’ Special Purpose Arrangement

Dale Underwriting Partners, managed by Lloyd’s third party managing agency Asta, announced that its special purpose arrangement (SPA) has received approval from Lloyd’s. The SPA will reinsure a portfolio of contingency and specialty property business, underwritten into Dale Syndicate 1729 …

Asta’s Agora Syndicate 3268 Gets Nod from Lloyd’s to Underwrite in January 2018

Asta, the third-party managing agent at Lloyd’s, announced that Agora Syndicate 3268 has received approval from Lloyd’s to commence underwriting business attaching on or after Jan. 1, 2018. Agora Syndicate 3268 will be managed by Asta and is privately capitalized …