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California MGU Foresight Expands Commercial Property Offerings

Apr 30 2021 // San Francisco-based Foresight Risk & Insurance Services is offering new commercial property insurance lines coverages including inland marine, contractors equipment and builders’ risk, which will be offered as a...

London MGA Optio Acquires Nuclear Insurance Specialist MGA Northcourt

Apr 29 2021 // LONDON — Optio Group, a specialty managing general agency, said it has acquired nuclear risk specialist Northcourt for an undisclosed sum.Launched in 2010, Northcourt is an MGA licensed to underwrite nuclear property and...

London’s NuVenture to Support MGAs with Funding,Technology

Apr 26 2021 // A new London-based business is promising to support a diverse portfolio of managing general agencies (MGAs) with resources, as well as back office services and custom technology.NuVenture International Ltd., formed by...

Canadian MGA GroupAssur Merges with Evolution Insurance

Apr 21 2021 // GroupAssur, a Canadian managing general agent (MGA), specializing in property/casualty insurance lines, announced it has merged with Evolution Insurance, an MGA and wholesaler specializing in complex risks that offers its...

Applied Underwriters Finalizes Acquisition of UK MGA Concept Special Risks

Apr 15 2021 // Applied Underwriters, the Omaha, Neb.-headquartered insurer, announced it has completed the acquisition of UK managing general agent Concept Special Risks (CSR), after receiving regulatory approval.Financial details of the...

Towerstone Acquires Ohio Wholesale Insurance Broker Jacobs & Associates

Apr 8 2021 // Towerstone, a Dallas-based wholesale insurance division of IMA Financial Group, has acquired Jacobs & Associates, a general agent and excess and surplus lines broker based in Strongsville, Ohio.The transaction was...

Smart Home Insurance Specialist, Hiro, Partners with MGA Incubator Pro MGA Solutions

Apr 8 2021 // Independent global managing general agency incubator platform Pro MGA Solutions (Pro.MS) announced it has partnered with smart home insurance specialist Hiro.London-based Hiro has developed a home insurance product that...

AM Best Plans to Assess MGAs, Other Delegated Authority Entities

Apr 5 2021 // With the volume of premium generated by managing general agents and other delegated underwriting authority enterprises (DUAEs) rocketing skyward in recent years, AM Best has decided it is time to deliver assessments of...

Assessing Delegated Underwriting Authorities, MGAs: AM Best Explains

Mar 18 2021 // Over the last decade, as insurers and reinsurers have sought profitable opportunities for growth, they increasingly have handed the underwriting pen to managing general agents, managing general underwriters, program...

AM Best Plans to Assess MGAs, Other Delegated Authority Entities

Mar 17 2021 // With the volume of premium generated by managing general agents and other delegated underwriting authority enterprises (DUAEs) rocketing skyward in recent years, AM Best had decided it is time to deliver assessments of...

Specialist MGA CFC Acquires Australian Cyber Security Firm, Insane Technologies

Mar 17 2021 // CFC, a specialist managing general agent, announced it has acquired Insane Technologies, an Australian cyber security and incident response provider.Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The deal is...

Porch Group to Acquire Texas MGA/Insurer, Homeowners of America

Mar 8 2021 // The Porch Group, a software platform focused on home services companies, is acquiring Irving, Texas-based managing general agent and insurance carrier, Homeowners of America (HOA).Under a merger agreement, Porch will...

UK Broker, Specialist Risk Group, Acquires MGA CLS Risk Solutions

Mar 5 2021 // Specialist Risk Group (SRG), a London-based insurance broker, has agreed to acquire CLS Risk Solutions (CLS RS), subject to regulatory approval.Financial details of the acquisition — its fourth so far this year...

Brit Combines Ambridge and BGSU to Create U.S. MGA

Mar 4 2021 // Brit Ltd. said it will merge its U.S. service company platform, Brit Global Specialty USA, and its managing general agency Ambridge.The combined entity, which will operate under the Ambridge brand as Ambridge Partners LLC,...

Toronto Specialty MGA Merlin Rebrands as TruStar

Mar 2 2021 // Merlin Underwriting, a Toronto-based managing general agent (MGA), has rebranded as TruStar.TruStar is an independently owned MGA offering specialty insurance across the commercial, professional and financial line...

D&O-Focused MGA, Rising Edge, to Launch in 1st Half

Feb 26 2021 // Rising Edge, a London-based managing general agent (MGA), writing directors’ and officers’ (D&O) insurance, is set to launch in the first half of 2021.The new company will be led by Chief Executive Officer...

Specialty Lines MGA Ensurance Completes New Capacity Deal with AXA

Feb 19 2021 // Ensurance, the London-based specialty managing general agent, has announced a new capacity deal with AXA Insurance UK plc for its core construction and engineering products. AXA replaces Swiss Re as the MGA’s main...

Applied Underwriters to Acquire UK Yacht Insurance MGA, Concept Special Risks

Feb 4 2021 // Applied Underwriters announced it will acquire Concept Special Risks, a UK-based international managing general agent, which provides coverage for a variety of nautical vessels and operators across the globe.Based in...

Iowa’s CGA Insurance Services Launches Managing General Underwriter Program

Feb 3 2021 // West Des Moines, Iowa-based Career General Agency LLC (CGA Insurance Services), a subsidiary of GuideOne Insurance, has launched a managing general underwriter (MGU) program with its newly developed CGA Energy...

Howden Group Invests $84M to Support Its Treaty Reinsurance MGA, Tamesis DUAL

Jan 13 2021 // Howden Group Holdings announced an investment of $84 million in support of Tamesis DUAL Ltd., the reinsurance division of DUAL Group, the world’s largest international MGA.This additional capacity has been in place...