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#1 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...

#2 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...

#3 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...

#4 ‘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...

#5 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...

#6 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...

#7 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....

#8 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...

#9 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...