Latest Insurance Wholesale Headlines
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Nexus Completes Acquisition of Hiscox MGA Marine Business
Jan 4 2021 // Independent specialty managing general agent (MGA) Nexus Group announced it completed the acquisition of the Hiscox MGA Marine business (HMM) from Hiscox MGA Ltd. Completed on Dec. 30, 2020 via an asset purchase into...
Captive Re/Insurance MGU, International Re, Partners with Admitted Insurer Cimarron
Dec 23 2020 // International Re (I–RE), the specialist captive insurance and reinsurance managing general underwriter (MGU), is announcing a new strategic capacity partnership with Cimarron Insurance, a niche specialist admitted...
Ryan Specialty’s Renewables MGU Forms Partnership with Generali
Dec 22 2020 // Power Energy Risk (PERse), the largest U.S.-based renewable energy managing general underwriter and a part of Ryan Specialty Group (RSG), has formed a strategic partnership with Generali’s P/C division Global...
Lloyd’s Syndicate Dale and DUAL Launch MGU with Focus on U.S. Property Insurance
Dec 21 2020 // Dale Underwriting Partners and DUAL announced a new joint venture, Dale DUAL MGU Ltd. (DDML), in collaboration with Aviva with immediate effect. This partnership has been brought together by Howden Reinsurance Broking led...
How One MGA Is Helping Nonprofits Manage a Tough COVID-19 Year
Dec 21 2020 // When he started building Convelo Insurance Group, founder and CEO Josh Lamberg likely never imagined that the managing general agency (MGA) would be just about two years old when a pandemic hit. “This is the most...
Openly, High-End Home Insurance MGA, Secures $40M for National Expansion
Dec 18 2020 // Openly, an insurtech managing general agency for high-end homeowners insurance, raised $40 million of venture capital from multiple investors. The investment will fuel a national expansion, hiring and further technological...
MGA Focused on Professional Liability Starts in California
Dec 15 2020 // ProFinity Insurance Services in Los Angeles, Calif., a specialty MGA, recently opened its doors to wholesale distribution. ProFinity is led by Ravi Uthayashanker, formerly of Lloyd’s of London, where his main focus...
New MGA Seeks To Streamline Professional Liability Coverage
Dec 15 2020 // ProFinity Insurance Services to offer wholesale solution for design, engineering, construction and manufacturing LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14, 2020 – ProFinity Insurance Services, a specialty MGA focused on the design,...
Truist on Track for 5 Acquisitions to Boost Its Wholesale Insurance Business
Dec 7 2020 // Charlotte, N.C.-based Truist Insurance Holdings reported that it will complete five insurance acquisitions this quarter, adding more than $100 million of combined annual revenue to its wholesale division. The most recent...
AmWINS Program Underwriters Announces New Carrier for Long-Term Care Facilities Program
Dec 2 2020 // CHARLOTTE, N.C. (December 2, 2020) – AmWINS Program Underwriters (“APU”) today announced a new carrier partnership to provide insurance solutions for APU’s Long-Term Care Facilities program, effective...
Workers’ Comp Insurance MGU Method Adapts Cutting Edge AI Solution to Streamline Underwriting
Dec 1 2020 // Nashville, TN, December 1, 2020 – Method has partnered with Gradient AI to incorporate state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) solutions into the underwriting process. Method utilizes...
HDI Global Specialty Renews Agreement with German MGA AMANIKI
Nov 30 2020 // HDI Global Specialty SE has announced the renewal of its underwriting agency agreement with German M&A insurance specialist MGA, AMANIKI. The agreement also sees AMANIKI move from a co-insurance panel of capacity...
Intact, Resilience Insurance to Provide Cyber Risk Coverage, Services
Nov 19 2020 // Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions, the brand for Intact Financial Corporation’s (IFC) U.S. insurance company subsidiaries, has launched cyber insurance options that will be offered in partnership with program...
Obsidian Specialty Insurance Company Receives A- Rating from AM Best
Nov 16 2020 // AM Best has assigned the recently-formed excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurer, Obsidian Specialty Insurance Company, a financial strength rating of A- (Excellent). Obsidian Specialty is a program fronting carrier...
Insurity Acquires Billing Services Firm Bill It Now
Oct 22 2020 // Insurance systems and data firm Insurity announced it has acquired Bill It Now, a cloud-based billing-as-a-service for insurers, managing general agencies and program administrators. Bill It Now offers payment plan...
MGA DUAL Plans to Use Its Own Underwriting Capital Alongside Capacity Providers
Oct 16 2020 // DUAL, the London-based managing general agency, announced it will deploy its own group underwriting capital alongside its existing capacity providers. “This is a game-changing moment for DUAL. Now, by providing...
New Guy Carpenter Unit Serves Carriers, MGAs in Program Business Market
Oct 14 2020 // Global reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter & Co. has started a new dedicated unit to provide services to insurance carriers and managing general agencies (MGAs) operating in the program business market. The new unit, GC...
Swiss Re and Daimler Launch Jointly Owned MGA to Offer Auto, Mobility Insurance
Oct 12 2020 // Swiss Re and Daimler Insurance Services have entered into a strategic partnership for automotive and mobility insurance and launched a new managing general agent called Movinx. The aim of the 50/50 joint venture is to...
Nexus Adds E&S Market to Professional Liability Offering
Oct 9 2020 // Independent specialty managing general agent Nexus has added a Brit Syndicate to its US roster of carriers, giving it the ability to now underwrite its miscellaneous professional liability product on an excess &...
UK MGA Manchester Underwriting Mgmt Buys Renewal Rights of Pinpoint Underwriting
Oct 2 2020 // Manchester Underwriting Management Ltd. (MUM) has acquired the portfolio renewal rights of Pinpoint Underwriting. The underwriting team at Pinpoint will be joining MUM with immediate effect. Pinpoint is a well-established...
