All the headlines from our Insurance Wholesale Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 22 2022 // ATLANTA, Ga., September 22, 2022 — Breckenridge Insurance announces the formation of BreckTechUW, a newly formed technical lines complex property operation, focusing primarily on US risks in the energy transition market....
Sep 20 2022 // The heightened perception of risk stemming from cyber attacks, the climate, pandemics and even inflation are just a few of the volatile factors fueling a demand-side need for more specialized coverage approaches, which...
Sep 15 2022 // Many reinsurers across the globe increasingly have been doing business with certain select managing general agents (MGAs), seen as market innovators, by reinsuring the fronting insurers that provide the paper for MGAs to...
Sep 6 2022 // Howden Re and TigerRisk Partners have announced the creation of a new group, Howden Tiger SabRE, comprising the existing global MGA and program capabilities of Howden Re and TigerRisk.The new MGA will be in place following...
Sep 6 2022 // Coalition, the San Francisco-based cyber managing general agent, began trading in the UK, effective Sept. 1, and has opened a London office.Backed by a multi-year capacity agreement with Allianz Global Corporate &...
Aug 24 2022 // Any founders considering launching an InsurTech MGA should learn how to juggle, panelists said during a discussion hosted by Socotra CEO Dan Woods at the 2022 OnRamp Insurance conference.“I don’t know if I can...
Aug 22 2022 // At-Bay, the San Francisco-based insurtech and managing general agent, announced the acquisition of Relay, a technology solutions provider that enables the digital transformation of commercial insurance placements.Financial...
Aug 18 2022 // Euclid Transactional, a New York City-based managing general agent that specializes in transactional insurance underwriting, announced the opening of a Stockholm office, which will be led by Vice President Willy Edholm...
Aug 11 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, Apollo Syndicate Management, and specialist MGA Aqueous Underwriting.A summary of these new hires follows here....
Aug 10 2022 // Boston-based insurtech Corvus Insurance said Madhu Tadikonda will take over immediately as CEO, replacing founding CEO Phil Edmundson.Edmundson will assume the new role of executive chair and chair of the board of Corvus....
Aug 4 2022 // NuVenture International, which incubates and supports managing general agents (MGAs) in the UK insurance markets, has announced the launch of its third MGA, product recall insurance specialist BluNiche.BluNiche was founded...
Aug 2 2022 // The Jensten Group, the London-based independent insurance broking group, has completed the acquisition of Origin UW Ltd., following regulatory approval.Origin UW is a boutique managing general agent that provides...
Aug 1 2022 // AM Best has placed under review with negative implications the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a” (Excellent) of Fidelis Insurance Bermuda Ltd., Fidelis...
Aug 1 2022 // With more than 1,000 managing general agents writing roughly $70 billion in direct premiums last year, researchers at Conning believe one growth driver is the fact that the managing general agency (MGA) model attracts...
Jul 27 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. With pumpkin spice lattes nigh, we can nearly smell the coming of a very busy time of year for carriers, agencies, MGAs/MGUs. Yes, you guessed it, we’re talking...
Jul 26 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker Howden RE and the MGA Alta Signa Europe.A summary of these new hires follows here. Howden RE Hires Former Carpenter Exec Thienel to Launch...
Jul 25 2022 // Fidelis Insurance Holdings Ltd. announced its intention to create a new managing general underwriter, which, subject to regulatory approval, will be separated from its existing balance sheet insurance companies.This new...
Jul 20 2022 // A Brooklyn, New York-based managing general agency for the trucking and transportation sector has closed an $11 million Series A funding round, bringing the company’s total funding to date to $15.5 million.The round...
Jul 20 2022 // With more than 1,000 managing general agents writing roughly $70 billion in direct premiums last year, researchers at Conning believe one growth driver is the fact that the MGA model attracts talent.Conning listed the...
Jul 8 2022 // InsurTech Fund, a venture capital fund associated with InsurTech NY, has announced that it will be accepting applications for its first Digital MGA Lab, a three-month program focused on managing general agents.The program...