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DOXA accelerates international expansion with UK MGU Eaton Gate acquisition
21st April 2026
DOXA, a US-based managing general underwriter (MGU) platform, has acquired the Eaton Gate Group (Eaton Gate) from European alternative credit specialist, NorthWall Capital. Founded in 2016, Eaton Gate is a founder-led, independent commercial MGU specialising in UK small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) commercial and mid-/high-net-worth insurance. Serving over 50,000 clients, the company ... Read the full article
PointBridge and Aspen launch admitted physicians professional liability program
22nd December 2025
PointBridge, a managing general underwriter (MGU) specialising in professional liability insurance, has partnered with re/insurer Aspen to launch a new admitted physicians medical malpractice program. The new professional liability program for physicians and surgeons, offering modern and competitively priced coverage, is scheduled to launch on January 1, 2026, across the United ... Read the full article
Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers launches public entity MGU
3rd December 2025
Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers (RSUM), the underwriting management division of Ryan Specialty, has announced the launch of Ryan Specialty Public Entity, a managing general underwriter (MGU) focused on the public sector. Led by Chris Connacher as its President, the MGU will cover casualty and auto physical damage solutions to publicly owned, ... Read the full article
Acies MGU launches Lloyd’s-backed underwriting agency, Subscribe MGA
3rd November 2025
Acies MGU, a technology and data-driven Managing General Underwriter (MGU), has announced the launch of Subscribe MGA (Subscribe), its latest underwriting agency. Subscribe is a Lloyd’s-backed MGA specialising in financial lines insurance, including Professional Indemnity, Management Liability, and Directors and Officers (D&O) coverage. It will serve both UK and international markets, ... Read the full article
Rokstone CRU launches comprehensive general liability program
3rd November 2025
Rokstone Construction Risk Underwriters (CRU), a US-based Speciality MGU and part of the global specialty reinsurance MGA Rokstone, has announced the launch of a new, comprehensive general liability (GL) program. The new GL program launches with A-rated capacity provided by Builders Specialty Insurance Company. With this new launch, Rokstone CRU has become ... Read the full article
Ryan Specialty to acquire Canadian MGU Stewart Specialty Risk Underwriting
31st October 2025
International specialty insurance firm, Ryan Specialty, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Stewart Specialty Risk Underwriting Ltd. (SSRU), a Toronto-based managing general underwriter (MGU) specialising in underwriting large-account, high-hazard property and casualty solutions. According to the announcement, SSRU will become a part of the Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers (RSUM) division ... Read the full article
YOU RE launches as full-service reinsurance MGU for US niche & casualty risks
11th February 2025
YOU Re has launched as a full-service managing general underwriter (MGU) specializing in Casualty, non-catastrophe Property, Professional Liability, and Cyber lines in the US. The MGU, founded by Yury Braun, will leverage deep industry expertise and advanced technology to provide capacity to underserved market segments, aiming to optimise risk assessment and ... Read the full article
Paradiso Risks joins Ryan Specialty‘s Alive Risk MGU
17th December 2024
Ryan Specialty has announced that Paradiso Risks is joining its sports, leisure and entertainment (SLE) managing general underwriter (MGU), Alive Risk. Paradiso, an MGU specialising in contingency and non-appearance insurance, became a part of the firm through the acquisition of Castel Underwriting Agencies on May 1st, 2024. Founded in 2022, Paradiso is ... Read the full article
Ryan Specialty unifies its subsidiaries under MGU RFL, expanding product offerings
2nd August 2024
Ryan Specialty has unified its Ryan Financial Lines (RFL), its international financial lines managing general underwriter, launched in December 2023 and expanded its product offerings, with the first phase implemented in March 2024 with EmergIn Risk rebranding into RFL Cyber. RFL has now completed the rebranding, and unifying ... Read the full article
SiriusPoint announces security program partnership with MGU Euclid Security
28th June 2024
Global specialty re/insurer SiriusPoint has announced it has become the sole carrier partner for Euclid Security’s Liability program. The company is a boutique managing general underwriter (MGU) specialising in security industry risks. Its Liability program covers security services, alarm services, and fire suppression protection. Through the program, Euclid Security will underwrite Commercial ... Read the full article
Everspan Group joins forces with Platinum Specialty Underwriters on excess transportation program
22nd March 2024
Everspan Group, the specialty property and casualty insurance platform, has partnered with Platinum Excess Trucking, a division of Platinum Specialty Underwriters on a new excess transportation program. Platinum Excess Trucking is a managing general underwriter (MGU). The MGU specialises in excess liability for trucking and specialty auto accounts. From what we understand, ... Read the full article
MGU Navitas Assurance Partners announces its launch
30th November 2022
Navitas Assurance Partners has announced its launch as a managing general underwriter to provide alternative energy assurance solutions through investment-grade trade credit and commercial surety providers. Founder and Managing Director of Navitas Assurance Partners, Jay Rose, commented, “We are working to change the paradigm for alternative assurance. "Our team is here to ... Read the full article
Fidelis gets regulatory green light for MGU launch
28th November 2022
Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance holding company, Fidelis Insurance Holdings Limited, has received regulatory approval from all relevant regulators to create a new Managing General Underwriter (Fidelis MGU), separate from its existing balance sheet insurance companies. Approvals or non-objections have now been received from the FCA and PRA in the UK, CBI ... Read the full article
Convex launches US E&S focused MGU with professional liability hires
21st July 2022
Specialty insurance and reinsurance company Convex has launched a new managing general underwriter (MGU) focused on the insurance market in the United States. Convex US has been launched as an MGU that will have a focus on excess and surplus (E&S) lines business. The MGU, Convex US, will source primary E&S insurance ... Read the full article
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