All the headlines from our Insurance Wholesale Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 5 2025 // Specialty MGA Nirvana Acquires Arena From Ryan SpecialtySpecialty managing general agent (MGA) Nirvana announced the acquisition of Arena NV from Ryan Specialty. Financial terms of the deal, which was announced today, were...
Dec 1 2025 // At the recent Target Markets Annual Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona, a gathering of 2,000 MGAs, program administrators, and carrier executives, Insurance Journal sat down with Abbie Taylor, executive vice president and chief...
Nov 20 2025 // New Email Triage Agent and AI Extractor automate routing and data capture to accelerate high-volume workflows.BREA, CA, UNITED STATES, November 19, 2025 — Dyad, a software provider powering modern insurance...
Nov 19 2025 // Honeycomb Insurance has begun writing policies in Colorado. The digital managing general agency specializes in property/casualty coverage for landlords and condominium associations. The company’s underwriting...
Nov 18 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the specialty insurer Tokio Marine Kiln and the MGA Augmented UW.A summary of these new hires follows here. TMK Taps Beazley’s Silvestre as Head of...
Nov 18 2025 // A new property-catastrophe reinsurance MGA, Bobcat Re, has been launched by a group of private investors, including former K2 CAT executives David Carson and James Sharpington as well as Glenn T. Jackson from...
Nov 14 2025 // At the recent Target Markets Annual Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona, a gathering of 2,000 MGAs, program administrators and carrier executives, Insurance Journal sat down with Abbie Taylor, executive vice president and chief...
Nov 12 2025 // Macquarie Insurance Facility (MIF) has announced its intention to launch Longbrook Insurance, a multi-line underwriting business, backed by highly rated carriers.Part of Macquarie Asset Management, MIF is a global...
Nov 10 2025 // Insurance Journal’s Risky Future series is hosting the “AI Tools for MGAs” Demo Day, a series of free AI tool demonstrations designed exclusively for managing general agencies.The latest online event...
Nov 6 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the MGA Pen Underwriting and the insurer BHSI.A summary of these new hires follows here. Pen Underwriting Names Doyle as CEO of IrelandPen Underwriting,...
Oct 28 2025 // Ryan Specialty, the Chicago-based specialty insurance firm, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Stewart Specialty Risk Underwriting Ltd. (SSRU).Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Based in Toronto,...
Oct 24 2025 // Bishop Street Underwriters announced the rollout of Bishop Street Program Managers (BSPM), an incubator for developing managing general agents (MGA).Embedded within Bishop Street’s ecosystem and backed by its $600...
Oct 15 2025 // If you’re an MGA or wholesaler quoting personal or commercial lines, chances are you’ve come across PL Rating by Vertafore. It’s a widely used platform in the retail agency world. But when you’re...
Oct 15 2025 // The managing general agent (MGA) market is in the spotlight as one of the most agile and innovative arrows of growth for the insurance sector. But as with any arrow, direction and precision matter. Fired without the right...
Oct 14 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Markel Insurance and the insurance broker Miller.A summary of these new hires follows here. Markel International Restructures and Promotes Hillier as...
Oct 10 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon and Markel Insurance.A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Names Chisholm as Chairman of Asia Reinsurance SolutionsInsurance broker Aon plc...
Oct 8 2025 // Amwins, the specialty insurance broker headquartered in Charlotte, said it has acquired Applied Risk Capital, a Miami-based managing general agent specializing in credit insurance for the leveraged financial market. ARC...
Oct 7 2025 // Hill Country Underwriters, a managing general underwriter (MGU) providing casualty insurance for artisan contractors, launches today with a General Liability and Inland Marine product for artisan trade contractors in...
Oct 6 2025 // SiriusPoint Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, announced an agreement to sell its 49% equity stake in managing general agent, Arcadian Risk Capital to private equity firm Lee Equity Partners for a...
Oct 6 2025 // Global Indemnity Group LLC (GBLI) announced that its subsidiary, Penn-America Underwriters LLC, is launching its first reinsurance managing general agency (MGA), in partnership with veteran reinsurance executive George...