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SiriusPoint CEO hails another quarter of positive underwriting performance
8th August 2024
Bermuda-based re/insurer SiriusPoint recently posted its seventh consecutive quarter of positive underwriting results in Q2 2024, partly attributable to new managing general agent (MGA) partnerships and the expansion of existing ones, according to CEO Scott Egan. In an interview with Reinsurance News, Egan discussed the firm's results in both the second ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint and Irish MGA partner on property owners program
16th July 2024
Global speciality re/insurer SiriusPoint has announced its partnership with Service First Insurance, a managing general agent (MGA) that provides insurance solutions for the commercial and business markets in the Republic of Ireland. Service First’s distribution partnership with SiriusPoint will enable the MGA to underwrite commercial property risks of up to €10 ... Read the full article
Addy and Conroy to lead ANV’s newly launched US Transactional Risk Insurance program
18th June 2024
Barcelona-headquartered specialty risks managing general agent (MGA) ANV Global Services, Inc. has launched its Transactional Risk Insurance (TRI) program in the United States. Colin Addy and Greg Conroy will lead the program as Co-Heads of ANV US TRI. ANV’s US TRI will initially underwrite Representations and Warranties Insurance (RWI) on behalf of ... Read the full article
John Symms joins White Bear MGA and Blenheim Underwriting
3rd June 2024
White Bear Group, a re/insurance company that owns Blenheim Underwriting, a syndicate at Lloyd’s of London, and White Bear Managers, an managing general agent (MGA) offering tailored insurance solutions, has appointed John Symms as Group Head of Capital Solutions. In this new position, Symms will be responsible for securing and enhancing ... Read the full article
Bishop Street in joint venture with Topsail Re to advance differentiated MGA platform
27th March 2024
Bishop Street, a RedBird Capital Partners portfolio company, has announced a joint venture with Topsail Re, a privately held reinsurer, to support growth of its differentiated Managing General Agents (MGA) platform. Through this partnership, Topsail Re will be co-investing into Bishop Street which will drive strategic value for MGAs and Program ... Read the full article
AIG & Stone Point successfully close agreement to form high net worth MGA
4th July 2023
AIG has announced that its definitive agreement with funds managed by Stone Point Capital to form an independent Managing General Agency specialising in the High Net Worth and Ultra High Net Worth markets called Private Client Select Insurance Services (PCS) has successfully closed. AIG and the re/insurance-focused private equity firm Stone ... Read the full article
Velocity Risk stops writing all homeowners business
2nd June 2023
Velocity Risk Underwriters, the catastrophe-exposed property insurance specialist managing general agency (MGA) operation, is set to exit the homeowners insurance marketplace. Effective May 26th, Velocity Risk Underwriters has ceased writing new homeowners insurance business and has begun the process of exiting all of its homeowner programs, our sister publication Artemis ... Read the full article
Markel’s State National selling insurer front ISIC to Velocity Risk
30th May 2023
State National, the Markel owned program and fronting specialist is selling one of the shell insurance companies it has used for certain catastrophe exposed programs to managing general agent (MGA) and cat underwriting specialist Velocity Risk. Velocity Risk was already writing most of its business via an AM Best non-admitted and ... Read the full article
Spring Insure is ready for growth after a transformational year: CEO Tristan Sargeaunt
12th January 2023
After a transformational 2022, expect to see more of MGA Spring Insure in the months ahead as the company targets greater broker engagement and more distribution activity to support growth, according to its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Tristan Sargeaunt. Since its launch in November 2020, specialist financial and professional lines MGA, ... Read the full article
K2 International looks to attract underwriters to its platform
5th April 2022
Based in London, underwriting firm K2 International has made some big steps in the two years since it was established by its parent US company, K2 Insurance Services LLC. Throughout recent months, beginning in 2021 and going into this year, the firm has made several significant personnel hires; attracted new carriers; ... Read the full article
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