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BriteCo Launches Independent Agent Program

BriteCo jewelry insurance today launched its new Agent Program, which will enable independent insurance agents in the United States to offer BriteCo jewelry insurance to their clients. Per a press release, agents in the program gain access to BriteCo’s cutting-edge …

Markets/Coverages: Brit Renews and Expands Flagship Cyber Consortium

Brit Ltd. announced the renewal and planned expansion of its leading cyber consortium, Brit Cyber Attack Plus (BCAP), a cyber product designed to protect clients from the impact of physical damage arising from cyber-attacks. BCAP offers limits of up to …

Coalition Cyber Insurance Now Offered to Large Enterprises With Revenue Up to $5B

Coalition announced it has expanded its cybersecurity insurance offering to enterprise businesses with revenues up to $5 billion. The company’s increased capacity above its existing limit of $1 billion comes from a syndicated placement across many of its existing partners. …

Commercial Auto Insurtech Startup OpenEyes Emerges From Stealth

OpenEyes, an insurtech serving commercial automotive fleets, today emerged from stealth with $18 million in Series A funding led by global software investor Insight Partners and Pitango First, with participation by MoreVC, which led the seed round together with Pitango …

Markets/Coverages: Apollo Launches Drone Insurance Facility in Partnership With MGA Moonrock

Apollo, the London-based independent specialist insurer and reinsurer, is providing capacity to Moonrock Drone Insurance, designed to provide coverage for larger commercial drone operations, meeting an increased demand in the market. Moonrock was founded in 2016 by Simon Ritterband, who …

AIG, Stone Point Capital to Form Independent MGA for High Net Worth Business

Following through on intentions to move its high net worth business to nonadmitted paper—and some to other capital providers—American International Group entered into a binding memorandum of understanding with Stone Point Capital LLC to form an independent managing general agency. …

Markets/Coverages: Ryan Specialty Forms Transactional Risk Practice; Corvus Launches ‘All-in-One’ UW Platform

Ryan Specialty announced the formation of a global transactional risk practice, Ryan Transactional Risk. This global managing general underwriting practice is being created by combining the operations of Concord Specialty Risks (headquartered in New York City) and Ryan Specialty Transactional …

New Jersey Approves MGA Honeycomb to Sell Commercial Real Estate Policies

The New Jersey Department of Insurance has given Honeycomb Insurance approval to sell policies statewide. The technology-based managing general agent (MGA) serves the commercial real estate market and will offer insurance for apartment buildings, condominium associations and single family rental …

Everest Insurance Continues Global Expansion, Launching Branch in Spain

Everest Insurance, the insurance division of Everest Re Group Ltd., announced its expansion into the Spanish market following regulatory approval from the relevant authorities to operate in Spain — trading as Everest Insurance (Ireland) DAC, Sucursal en España. The Spain …

Markets/Coverages: WTW Launches Cyber Facility, Providing Excess Capacity Globally

A new excess layer cyber facility, called CyXS, was launched by WTW, providing excess layer cyber capacity for global clients. Key elements of the facility include: Capacity: Access to up to 50 million (USD/ GBP/ EUR) of excess layer capacity …