Managing General Agency (MGA) News

UK Specialty MGA Nexus Buys an MGA and a Broker – All in One Day

UK specialty managing general agent (MGA) Nexus Group lived up to its description as an “acquisitive insurance intermediary holding company,” with the purchase this week of an MGA and an insurance broker. On April 1, Nexus acquired Capital Risks MGA …

Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd. Acquires UK MGA Axiom Underwriting

Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd., part of Bermuda-based Arch Insurance International, has completed the acquisition of UK managing general agency Axiom Underwriting, having initially purchased a 60 percent share of the business in 2015. Financial details of the deal were not …

H.W. Kaufman, Burns & Wilcox Canada Buy TRU Transportation Risk Underwriters

H.W. Kaufman Group and Burns & Wilcox Canada announced they have acquired Toronto-based TRU Transportation Risk Underwriters Ltd. (TRU), a Canadian managing general agent (MGA) with expertise in providing risk solutions for truck and taxi commercial fleets. TRU will become …

Alliant Subsidiary, Tribal First, Acquires Canada’s AFN Insurance Brokers

Tribal First, a division of Alliant Underwriting Solutions, has acquired Ottawa, Canada-based AFN Insurance Brokerage. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition pairs AFN Insurance Brokerage, which is Canada’s First Nations’ insurance leader, with Tribal First, the …

R&Q’s EU Program Manager, Accredited, Forms Partnership with UK MGA Stabilis

Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. announced that its wholly owned European subsidiary, Accredited Insurance (Europe) Ltd., has signed a new program underwriting partnership with Stabilis MGA Ltd., a UK managing general agent (MGA) that sells private motor insurance. Colin …

CFC Appoints Fletcher from Hiscox as Chief Technology Officer

CFC, the London-based managing general agent that specializes in emerging risks, announced the appointment of Jonathan Fletcher as chief technology officer. Fletcher, formerly group CTO at Hiscox, will oversee CFC’s technology and infrastructure strategy and lead the company’s fast-growing development …

MGA Coalition Covers Firms with Cyber Exposure Under EU’s Data Privacy Law

Coalition, the San Francisco-based managing general agency that specializes in cyber insurance for small and mid-sized businesses, announced it is broadening coverage to include exposures to violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Unlike other cyber insurance …

Insurtech-Driven MGA, Agile, Appointed as StarStone Partner in Australasia

Agile Underwriting Services Pty Ltd., the insurtech-driven managing general agency (MGA) and Lloyd’s coverholder, announced it has been appointed as a representative agent for global specialty insurer, StarStone, in Australia and New Zealand. Agile has been a strategic partner since …

MGU Lodestar Marine and Aspen Insurance Form Agreement to Provide P&I Cover

Lodestar Marine, the London-based managing general underwriter, announced an agreement with Aspen Insurance to provide protection & indemnity insurance (P&I) to the owners and managers of small and specialized ships. London-based Lodestar provides $50 million of Aspen-backed P&I cover, with …

Underwriting Platform elseco Agrees to Buy MGA, Selected Renewal Rights from StarStone

Specialty underwriting platform elseco has entered into an agreement with global specialty insurer StarStone to acquire its managing general agent, Malakite Underwriting Partners Ltd., and the renewal rights to StarStone’s Zurich-based airlines & products portfolio. Under a new strategic partnership …