London wholesaler Miller has raided Ardonagh Specialty’s Price Forbes for a nine-person casualty unit led...
CrossCover recruits BHSI’s global property CUO LaPierre amid buildout
MGU CrossCover has beefed up its management ranks with the addition of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance’s global property CUO Dean LaPierre...
MGU CrossCover has beefed up its management ranks with the addition of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance’s global property CUO Dean LaPierre...
Article / 3 days ago
BP Marsh & Dowman back new London energy MGA led by former Travelers Lloyd's duo
Insurance-focused venture capitalist BP Marsh is backing a new multi-class MGA alongside a consortium led by former Besso co-CEO and Pantheon Specialty...
Insurance-focused venture capitalist BP Marsh is backing a new multi-class MGA alongside a consortium led by former Besso co-CEO and Pantheon Specialty...
Article / 10 days ago
GeoVera separates MGA and carrier in deal with SageSure and SafePort as Flexpoint Ford exits
Fast-growing cat specialist SageSure has agreed a deal to buy the MGA business of GeoVera Insurance Holdings as part of a bifurcation transaction...
Fast-growing cat specialist SageSure has agreed a deal to buy the MGA business of GeoVera Insurance Holdings as part of a bifurcation transaction...
Article / 16 days ago
Ex-Ambridge M&A quartet launch BP Marsh-backed MGA Devonshire
A quartet of former Ambridge transactional risk executives have returned to market with the launch of Devonshire Underwriting, a new London-based MGA backed by...
A quartet of former Ambridge transactional risk executives have returned to market with the launch of Devonshire Underwriting, a new London-based MGA backed by...
Article / 29 days ago
Fidelis senior executive Creagh-Coen makes sudden exit
Fidelis MGU is parting company with founder Richard Brindle's long-time lieutenant Jonny Creagh-Coen and is in negotiations over settlement terms including the value of his option and equity...
Fidelis MGU is parting company with founder Richard Brindle's long-time lieutenant Jonny Creagh-Coen and is in negotiations over settlement terms including the value of his option and equity...
Article / 1 month ago
Amynta completes acquisition of Toronto-based MGU Sutton Special Risk
Amynta Group has completed the acquisition of Sutton Special Risk, a Toronto, Canada-based managing general underwriter of specialty insurance and...
Amynta Group has completed the acquisition of Sutton Special Risk, a Toronto, Canada-based managing general underwriter of specialty insurance and...
Article / 1 month ago
Navium leads war risk cover for abandoned True Confidence vessel
Specialty MGA Navium Marine leads the war risk cover for True Confidence, the vessel struck by a deadly Houthi attack and abandoned on Wednesday, The...
Specialty MGA Navium Marine leads the war risk cover for True Confidence, the vessel struck by a deadly Houthi attack and abandoned on Wednesday, The...
Article / 2 months ago
Envelop praises Lloyd's as it targets $275mn cyber reinsurance GWP in 2024
Bermuda-UK cyber MGA and modelling firm Envelop Risk has praised the Lloyd's market as a “recognised centre of expertise” following the launch of...
Bermuda-UK cyber MGA and modelling firm Envelop Risk has praised the Lloyd's market as a “recognised centre of expertise” following the launch of...
Article / 2 months ago
Blackstone interest in Aspen re-emerges amid talks over Ryan Specialty MGA spin-off
Aspen is in discussions with Ryan Specialty and Blackstone over a transaction that would separate out its open market underwriting operations into...
Aspen is in discussions with Ryan Specialty and Blackstone over a transaction that would separate out its open market underwriting operations into...
Article / 2 months ago
DUAEs and surplus lines: Clear winners in the hard market
David Blades, associate director, industry research and analytics at AM Best, examines the relationship between the rapidly growing DUAE and E&S markets…...
David Blades, associate director, industry research and analytics at AM Best, examines the relationship between the rapidly growing DUAE and E&S markets…...
Article / 3 months ago