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Aon’s NFP Acquires UK MGA Platform, Bspoke Insurance Group

Aug 7 2025 // NFP, an Aon company and leading international insurance brokerage and consulting firm, announced it has acquired Bspoke Insurance Group, a platform of multi-class niche and specialist managing general agents. Headquartered...

Business Moves: Specialist Risk Group Acquires Ecclesia’s Dutch and Belgian Operations; Optio Completes Purchase of UK MGA Custodian Management

Aug 4 2025 // Specialist Risk Group Acquires Ecclesia’s Dutch and Belgian Operations Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based global insurance intermediary, announced it has completed the acquisition of German broker...

US Property-Focused-MGA Avatar Launches in UK, Led by Clapham From Aon

Jul 31 2025 // Avatar MGA Ltd., a next generation managing general agent (MGA), has received Lloyd’s coverholder and UK regulatory approval to begin binding business from Aug. 1, 2025. The US D&F property-focused MGA is backed...

Top 5 Challenges Facing P&C Insurance MGAs and How an AMS Can Help

Jul 31 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Expert Insured. Managing General Agents (MGAs) in the Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance space are under increasing pressure to scale, comply, and remain competitive....

Commercial Auto MGA Cover Whale Obtains $40M Equity Financing

Jul 30 2025 // Cover Whale Insurance Solutions, Inc., a managing general agency (MGA) focused on commercial auto isurance, announced $40 million in new equity financing from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital. Founded in 2020, Cover...

Applied Underwriters Starts MGA Platform Innovation Risk

Jul 29 2025 // Applied Underwriters said it has launched Innovation Risk, a new managing general agent (MGA) platform that will focus on casualty, accident, and life underwriting. The MGA, while firmly rooted in proven, traditional...

‘We’ll Have to See How This Plays Out,’ Says CEO Berkley on MGA Competitors

Jul 23 2025 // The leader of W.R. Berkley Corp. has seen it before—some version of the MGA movie in which delegated underwriting authority is given to market participants whose ambitions aren’t always aligned with capacity...

Business Moves: Coverys Agrees to Sell Italy MGA to AnaCap-Backed Edge Group; Portuguese Insurance Broker Universalis Rebrands as Acrisure

Jul 22 2025 // Coverys, the Boston-based medical professional liability and healthcare insurer, has signed an agreement for the sale of its Italian managing general agent, AEC Agenzia di Assicurazione e Riassicurazione SpA (AEC), to Edge...

MGA Nexus Underwriting’s CEO Rouse Faces Internal Investigation for ‘Offensive’ Email

Jul 14 2025 // Nexus Underwriting, the London-based managing general agent, is investigating a “wholly inappropriate and offensive ” email sent by CEO Stuart Rouse. “We are aware of an internal email that has been...

AI-Driven MGA ‘Augmented UW’ Launches to Serve Smart-Follow Insurance Market

Jul 10 2025 // Augmented UW Ltd., the AI-driven managing general agent, has launched in London to serve the smart-follow insurance market. The MGA was founded by Chief Executive Officer Daniel Prince, a leading executive in the London...

MGAs by the Numbers: Fronting Biz, Nonaffiliated MGAs Drive Growth

Jul 9 2025 // Direct premiums written by U.S. managing general agents jumped to over $114 billion in 2024, according to the latest installment of an annual research series on the MGA market. The report titled “Managing General...

Business Moves: Insurtech Wefox Raises €151M to Build New MGA Focus, Core Markets

Jul 7 2025 // Insurtech wefox has secured funding of €151 million ($177.8 million), which will enable the company to build its core market positions in Austria, the Netherlands, and Switzerland as well as its asset-light managing...

Leading MGA Goes Live on Expert Insured

Jun 23 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Expert Insured. Leading MGA Goes Live on Expert Insured — A New Chapter in MGA Innovation We’re excited to share that NEC Specialty Inc. (NECS) has officially gone live on...

Business Moves: Howden Acquires Chilean Retail Broker; United Risk Purchases Australian Facultative Reinsurance MGA, Pinnacle Underwriting

Jun 20 2025 // Howden Acquires Chilean Retail Insurance Broker Howden, the London-based insurance intermediary group, announced it has acquired Ureta & Fernandez Corredores de Seguros Limitada (U&F), an independent retail...

Private Equity Firm B.P. Marsh Acquires 27% Stake in UK MGA Cameron Specialty

Jun 17 2025 // B.P. Marsh and Partners Plc, the specialist private equity investor in early-stage financial services businesses, announced it has acquired a 27% shareholding in Cameron Specialty, a London-based underwriting agency. B.P....

Markets/Coverages: MGA Optio Launches $150M Political Violence & Terrorism Cover

Jun 12 2025 // Optio Group, the London-based, independent specialty MGA, announced the launch of new political violence and terrorism (PVT) binders, backed by 100% Lloyd’s of London capacity. The new product provides a US$150...

Markets/Coverages: MGA Aurora Launches Lloyd’s-Backed Property Insurance Offering

Jun 11 2025 // Aurora, the London-based digital managing general agent, has launched a property owners insurance product, aiming to enhance the way brokers access and place property risks. The new product, backed by Lloyd’s,...

Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers Forms International Renewable Energy MGU

Jun 10 2025 // Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers (RSUM), the specialty underwriting segment of Ryan Specialty, has launched Ryan Specialty Renewables, an international renewable energy managing general underwriter. The MGU is formed...

London MGA Amiga Specialty Officially Launches

Jun 4 2025 // Amiga Specialty, an independent international managing general agent (MGA), has today announced its official launch. The London-based company said it aims to swiftly establish itself in the global insurance MGA landscape...

Markets/Coverages: MGA Rokstone Launches International Casualty Division

May 29 2025 // Rokstone, the London-based specialty re/insurance MGA that is part of the Aventum Group, announced the launch of its International Casualty Division. The move marks the latest milestone in Rokstone’s strategic...