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#1 Zurich Makes £7.7 Billion Bid for Specialty Insurer Beazley
Jan 20 2026 // Zurich Insurance Group AG has gone public with a £7.67 billion ($10.3 billion) bid to buy Beazley Plc, increasing pressure on the UK-listed company it’s been wooing for more than 12 months. The Swiss insurer offered...
#2 Bridge Specialty Acquires Pennsylvania Wholesale Broker
Jan 8 2026 // Bridge Specialty Group, a subsidiary of Florida-based Brown & Brown, Inc., has acquired the assets of Shoemaker & Besser, a managing general agent and wholesale insurance brokerage located in York,...
#3 WTW Completes Acquisition of Specialty Broker Newfront
Jan 28 2026 // Broker WTW announced it has completed the acquisition of Newfront, a top 40 U.S. broker combining deep specialty expertise and cutting-edge technology. The acquisition is expected to expand WTW’s middle-market reach...
#4 CRC Group Completes Acquisition of Lloyd’s Managing Agency Atrium
Jan 9 2026 // CRC Group, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based wholesale specialty and MGA business, announced the completion of its acquisition of Atrium, the Lloyd’s managing agency. Atrium will retain its brand name and operate...
#5 E&S Premium Growth Moderates Through Nine Months of 2025
Jan 30 2026 // The U.S. excess and surplus lines market isn’t growing at the rate it has been, with the premium growth through September 2025 lower than the prior year. According to a new report from insurance industry rating...
#6 People Moves: Lloyd’s Appoints Bichard From PwC as CFO, Succeeding Cliff
Jan 16 2026 // Lloyd’s, the insurance and reinsurance marketplace, announced that Jim Bichard has been appointed as chief financial officer. He will start in April 2026 and will become a member of Lloyd’s Executive Team,...
#7 Octave Ventures’ Statera Gets Approval to Be Lloyd’s Managing Agent
Jan 8 2026 // Statera Managing Agency Ltd. announced it has received regulatory approval to act as a Lloyd’s managing agent. Statera will manage Syndicates 4242 and 1416, which currently underwrite specialty risks produced through...
#8 Sedgwick Launches Global Specialty Platform in London
Jan 14 2026 // Sedgwick, the Memphis, Tennessee-based risk and claims administration provider, announced the launch of its Sedgwick Global Specialty platform in London, a dedicated solution designed to handle the largest and most complex...
#9 Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers Rebrands Leopanthera as Ryan Financial Lines
Jan 5 2026 // Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers (RSUM), the underwriting management division of Ryan Specialty, announced the rebranding of Leopanthera to Ryan Financial Lines, effective January 1, 2026. A London-based Lloyd’s...
#10 Markets/Coverages: Mosaic Insurance Launches Bermuda Excess Casualty Business
Jan 9 2026 // Mosaic Insurance has launched an excess casualty unit, its eighth global product line, and hired specialist April Andruczyk to lead the business from Bermuda. The new division, which begins underwriting immediately, will...
#11 People Moves: Westfield Specialty Taps Sompo’s Röskau for New Company Market Unit
Jan 6 2026 // Westfield Specialty announced the appointment of Cornelia Röskau as chief executive officer of the newly formed Europe company market, Westfield Specialty Europe, which will begin underwriting business in April, subject...
#12 Blenheim Partnerships Launches Specialty Trade-Related MGA
Jan 8 2026 // Blenheim Partnerships, part of the White Bear Group, today announces the launch of its specialty trade-related managing general agency. The MGA is backed by Blenheim Underwriting alongside other well-known markets,...
