All the headlines from our Insurance Wholesale Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 10 2021 // Venbrook Group, an independent insurance distribution and services firm, has acquired Alpharetta Underwriters, a specialty managing general agent that offers excess and surplus coverage for the construction...
Nov 10 2021 // Arbol Inc., a New York City-based insurtech platform for parametric protection products, announced the launch of Arbol Underwriters Ltd. (AUL), a registered insurance agent based in Bermuda, which is focused on providing...
Nov 10 2021 // AXIS Insurance, the specialty insurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., announced it has entered the pet insurance market via its Accident and Health unit through a strategic relationship with managing...
Oct 22 2021 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers formed a new managing general agency, Aura Risk Management, providing program administration and a wholesale trading platform for its carriers, Liberty producers, and Aura’s...
Oct 21 2021 // CFC Underwriting, the London-based specialist managing general agent, announced a major investment jointly led by EQT and Vitruvian Partners, two of Europe’s leading private equity firms.The size of the investment...
Oct 20 2021 // Coverys European Holdings (CEH), a leading underwriting vehicle that invests in speciality managing general agencies in Europe and the UK, announces the expansion of its AEC underwriting agency with the launch of AEC...
Oct 19 2021 // D&O Insurer Tegron Names Tokio Marine’s Shergill as Senior U/WTegron Specialty, the Beat Capital backed D&O underwriting specialist, announced the appointment of Kiran Shergill as senior underwriter. Shergill...
Oct 15 2021 // How can managing general agents build broker relationships during a hardening market when insurers have much less incentive to provide capacity? After more than 25 years as a broker, Peter Blanc, CEO of the Goldman...
Oct 14 2021 // Humn, a UK-based insurtech MGA focused on data-driven commercial fleet insurance, has raised $13.7 million in new financing. The money will fuel, in part, further development of its technology and a European expansion.BXR...
Oct 12 2021 // Rokstone, the London-based speciality re/insurance managing general agency, has launched a new terrorism facility with “A”-rated capacity in the UK. The news follows the launch of its terrorism product in the...
Oct 11 2021 // Occam Underwriting, the London-based specialist lines focused managing general agency (MGA), announced it is acquiring Beech Underwriting Agencies Ltd., subject to UK regulatory approval.Beech Underwriting is an approved...
Oct 11 2021 // TigerRisk Names Former Harbor Hill Solutions CEO Kilduff to Head MGA UnitTigerRisk Partners LLC, the Stamford, Conn.-based re/insurance broker, announced the appointment of Jim Kilduff to head up the company’s...
Oct 7 2021 // Arrow Risk Management announced the launch of its new MGA underwriting platform, led by Jon Godfray as chief executive officer and Mark Harrington as chief underwriting officer.The Arrow Risk platform provides a efficient...
Oct 4 2021 // Digital managing general agency Roamly will link with Hippo-owned carrier Spinnaker Insurance Co. to sell insurance for recreational vehicle rentals.Roamly is owned by Outdoorsy, a global online RV rental and outdoor...
Oct 4 2021 // This edition of International People Moves includes appointments at the first sustainable insurer, Parhelion; at brokers Piiq Risk Partners and Gallagher; and at Optio Group’s Nuclear MGA Northcourt.A summary of...
Oct 4 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that its specialist underwriting subsidiary Pen Underwriting has acquired 100% of UK-based Manchester Underwriting Agencies Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Manchester...
Sep 28 2021 // Coalition, a San Francisco-based cyber insurance and security company, has already been focused on rapid growth. Its new $205 million venture capital financing will help supercharge that strategy even further.Coalition...
Sep 27 2021 // SageSure, a tech-driven managing general underwriter focused on costal residential property markets, raised $125 million in bank financing meant to enable its continued growth plans.“SageSure has always been focused...
Sep 15 2021 // Having weathered the pandemic of 2020 and a Lloyd’s review of low performing syndicates, managing general agents and their insurer partners are in good spirits and expressing optimism about the business opportunities...
Sep 14 2021 // Envelop Risk, the UK-based cyber re/insurance managing general agent, announced a Series B investment of $130 million, led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.The financing will facilitate Envelop Risk’s plans to expand its...