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Ambac Acquires New Jersey Commercial Auto MGU and Marine Broker

Nov 9 2022 // Financial services holding company Ambac Financial Group, Inc. announced that it has acquired majority stakes in both All Trans Risk Solutions, LLC and Capacity Marine Corp, both of Mahwah, New Jersey.All Trans is a...

Hourly.io, Great American Insurance Announce MGA Collaboration

Nov 8 2022 // Hourly.io, a workers’ comp and payroll startup, announced today that it is expanding its reach through a collaboration with Great American Insurance Group.In this expanded collaboration, Hourly will serve as a...

AmTrust Acquires Surety MGA CMGIA in California

Nov 4 2022 // AmTrust Financial Services Inc. acquired Contractor Managing General Insurance Agency Inc. in California. CMGIA will offer surety bonds to small to mid-size contractors across 50 states. The company is led by Stephanie...

Update: Specialty MGA UK Launches to Boost Insurance Capacity Across All Territories

Oct 20 2022 // A new managing general agent has launched in London called “Specialty MGA UK,” which is focusing on providing additional capacity for specialty lines of businesses and hard-to-place risks.Specialty MGA UK...

Cyber MGA Coalition and BDT Capital Partners Launch Bermuda Reinsurer Ferian Re

Oct 13 2022 // Coalition, the San Francisco-based cyber insurer and cyber-security firm, announced the formation of Ferian Re, an independent Bermuda-based Class 3B reinsurer that will provide capacity across Coalition’s cyber...

MGA Arcadian Risk Capital Gets Regulatory Approval for London, Dublin Companies

Oct 4 2022 // Arcadian Risk Capital Ltd., a Bermuda-based managing general agent (MGA) and part of the “Class of 2020” announced that it has received regulatory approvals for new London and Dublin companies.Arcadian UK...

Pay-As-You-Go Cargo MGA Closing Insurance Protection Gap for Shippers

Oct 4 2022 // After many years working as a freight and logistics broker in the London market, Johnny McCord understood where the freight industry’s “pain points” were and thought technology and artificial intelligence...

MGAs: An All-Weather Distribution Channel for Soft and Hard Markets

Oct 3 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...

People Moves: AXA XL Reinsurance Promotes Twite to CEO, Bermuda; MGA Rokstone Hires 3 Engineering Underwriters From Globe

Sep 30 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL Reinsurance and the MGA Rokstone.A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Reinsurance Promotes Twite to CEO, BermudaAXA XL Reinsurance...

Specialty MGA Optio Launches MGA and Broking Operations in Dubai

Sep 29 2022 // Optio Group, the London-based specialty managing general agent (MGA), announced it will launch an MGA and reinsurance broker in Dubai, subject to final approvals from the UAE regulatory authorities. Both businesses are...

Cyber MGA Resilience Launches UK Operation

Sep 28 2022 // Resilience, the San Francisco-based cyber managing general agent, has launched an operation in London to serve the UK market.In a deal brokered by Lockton Re LLP, this expansion is backed by a capacity agreement with HDI...

Anthony Carroll and Peggy Day Join Breckenridge to Launch an MGU, Breckenridge Technical Underwriting (BreckTechUW)

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....

AM Best Viewpoint: The Value of MGAs in a Hardening 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...

MGAs: An All-Weather Distribution Channel for Soft and Hard Markets

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...

Howden Re and TigerRisk to Create Largest Global MGA

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...

Cyber MGA Coalition Launches in UK Insurance Market

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 &...

InsurTech Founders Say Launching an MGA Means Learning to Juggle

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...

Cyber MGA At-Bay Acquires Tech-Solutions Provider Relay

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...

MGA Euclid Transactional Opens Stockholm Office

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...

BHSI Hires Kammermann for Exec & Professional Lines in Switzerland; Apollo Taps Beazley’s Foster as Head of Property; MGA Aqueous Hires Hall as Development U/W

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....