All the headlines from our Insurance Wholesale Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 17 2024 // Mission Underwriters, the MGA incubator, announced the launch of Carrow Insurance, under the leadership of Ronan Conboy, the former CEO of AmTrust International.Carrow is set to focus on warranty, accident & health,...
Oct 9 2024 // Munich Re has put its high-net worth managing general agent, GrovesJohnWestrup Private Clients.“A recent strategic review of our businesses led to the difficult decision that GrovesJohnWestrup Private Clients closed...
Oct 9 2024 // Optio Group, the London-based specialty managing general agent, announced it has acquired a strategic investment in the Italian MGA, Heca S.r.l., for an undisclosed sum.Founded in 2010 in Ortona, the province of Chieti in...
Oct 4 2024 // Optio Group, the London-based specialty managing general agent, announced it has acquired the Luxembourg-based MGA, Circles Group for an undisclosed sum, subject to regulatory approval.The acquisition of Circles,...
Oct 3 2024 // Pine Walk Capital Ltd., the specialist MGA incubator platform and wholly owned subsidiary of The Fidelis Partnership (TFP), announced the launch of Silverflame Re, a new specialty reinsurance MGA.Silverflame Re will...
Oct 1 2024 // Verve Risk Services, the London-based managing general agent, announced the launch of a captive insurance product and its “Verve Aura” broker portal, designed to meet evolving customer needs.Formed in 2016 and...
Sep 30 2024 // Ventis, the London-based commercial and residential real estate managing general agent, has expanded into Ireland, continuing its mission to deliver client service and capacity to brokers in the underserved middle of the...
Sep 27 2024 // Pine Walk Capital Ltd., the specialist MGA incubator platform and wholly owned subsidiary of The Fidelis Partnership, announced the launch of the MGA Seraphina.Seraphina will write a broad portfolio of international...
Sep 23 2024 // The Fidelis Partnership (TFP), the Bermuda-headquartered managing general underwriter, announced the successful completion of a $2 billion refinancing transaction.Led by Blackstone Credit & Insurance, the transaction...
Sep 20 2024 // Former Scottsdale Insurance President Mike Miller will now serve as president and CEO of excess & surplus managing general agency Pivix Specialty Insurance Services.Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, Pivix is an E&S...
Sep 16 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Selectsys.In the fast-paced world of insurance, efficiency, accuracy, and speed are vital to success. For MGAs and wholesaler underwriters, the traditional challenges of...
Sep 16 2024 // In a decade defined by disruption, the wholesale insurance market has adapted and evolved to meet the demands of an increasingly complex risk environment. The industry has been remarkable in its ability to pivot, innovate...
Sep 5 2024 // Bishop Street Underwriters, a multi-boutique insurance platform owned by RedBird Capital Partners, announced it has acquired Conifer Insurance Services a specialty commercial managing general agency from Conifer Holdings,...
Sep 4 2024 // Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based insurance intermediary, announced the acquisition of Capulus, a specialist motor fleet managing general agent (MGA).Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Based in...
Sep 4 2024 // The Clear Group, the London-based independent insurance broker, announced the acquisition of the managing general agency, Accelerate Underwriting.Financial terms of the deal, which is its fourth involving an MGA, were not...
Sep 3 2024 // Ryan Specialty, the Chicago-based international specialty insurance firm, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the property and casualty (P/C) MGUs owned by Ethos Specialty Insurance LLC from Ascot...
Aug 21 2024 // Florida Peninsula Managers, the managing general agency for Florida Peninsula Insurance and Edison Insurance, has officially changed its name to Windward Risk Managers, the name of the company that has managed it for...
Aug 20 2024 // Ryan Specialty said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of Greenhill Underwriting Insurance Services from Alera Group, Inc.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Houston-based Greenhill is a...
Aug 7 2024 // Pine Walk Capital Ltd., the specialist managing general agency platform and wholly owned subsidiary of The Fidelis Partnership (TFP), announced the launch of Novagen, a renewables MGA.Novagen will focus on underwriting the...
Aug 7 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Dyad. In the insurance industry, managing general agents (MGAs), managing general underwriters (MGUs), and program administrators (PAs) fill a critical role in facilitating the...