Most Popular Insurance Wholesale Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Insurance Wholesale Topic Page over the last year.
#1 After Florida Report, Georgia Senator Wants Investigation into MGAs, Insurer Profits
Mar 19 2025 // Concerns about Florida-based insurance carriers masking profits with the help of affiliated companies has spilled across the border into Georgia, with one state senator calling for an investigation. Sen. Nabilah Islam...
#2 AM Best Report Cites MGA’s Role in Insurer Insolvencies
Dec 18 2024 // This story has been edited for clarity. In May of 2022, as Florida lawmakers debated solutions to the Florida property insurance crisis, a number of Democrats in the state Senate argued litigation and roof claims were not...
#3 Florida Report on MGAs Fell Through the Cracks, Commissioners Say
Mar 17 2025 // A draft report examining Florida insurers’ relationships with their managing general agents fell through the cracks and was never finished, a current and a former state insurance commissioner told state lawmakers at...
#4 The Wholesale Insurance Evolution: From Consolidation to Innovation
Sep 16 2024 // In a decade defined by disruption, the wholesale insurance market has adapted and evolved to meet the demands of an increasingly complex risk environment. The industry has been remarkable in its ability to pivot, innovate...
#5 MGU Private Client Select Teams With Ryan Specialty on High Net Worth
Jul 26 2024 // Private Client Select Insurance Services (PCS) said it has entered into an agreement with Ryan Specialty on a distribution partnership. The independent managing general underwriter started by American Internal Group (AIG)...
#6 How to Outperform: Don’t Outsource Underwriting to MGAs
Jul 26 2024 // Executives of two property/casualty insurance organizations—Kinsale Insurance and the U.S. P/C operations of Arch Capital—shared their recipes for success with an analyst who crowned their companies as performance...
#7 Viewpoint: The Recipe for Building a Successful MGA
Feb 14 2025 // The managing general agency model is attracting a number of ambitious underwriters keen to step away from established insurers to build nimble, specialized, and client-focused MGAs. For many, launching an MGA is a chance...
#8 A.M. Best: Rapid Premium Growth Warrants Greater MGA Oversight
May 24 2024 // Though A.M. Best remains bullish on the delegated underwriting authority enterprises (DUAEs) market, it remains cautious of the risk managing general agents (MGAs) bring to insurers. In its latest market segment report,...
#9 McCarty Critical of Consultant’s Report on MGAs, as Average Premiums Drop in Florida
Mar 25 2025 // Amid an uproar over reports that Florida property insurance companies had shifted profits to affiliated firms while rates rose and carriers slid into insolvency a half-decade ago, former Florida Insurance Commissioner...
#10 Consultant Sheds Some Light on MGA Fee Report at Florida Legislative Hearing
Apr 4 2025 // A Florida House of Representatives panel went straight to the source of a consultant’s report that has caused widespread concern among lawmakers about insurance company profit-shifting. But the hour-long web...
#11 Ryan Specialty to Acquire Nashville-Based Velocity Risk Underwriters MGU
Jan 7 2025 // Ryan Specialty, a specialty insurance services firm and trading partner for agents and brokers, plans to acquire Nashville-based Velocity Risk Underwriters, with a closing date early this year. Velocity Risk, providing...
#12 Vertafore Acquires Surefyre to Expand Offerings for MGA Growth
Nov 4 2024 // Insurance software-as-a-service provider Vertafore said it has acquired Surefyre, a submission and underwriting platform for managing general agencies and wholesalers. The deal’s financial terms were not disclosed....
#13 Conning Study: MGA Market Still Growing
Jul 12 2024 // A hard market combined with underwriting capacity from fronting companies allowed for robust growth in the MGA market in 2023, according to a new Conning strategic study. The global investment management firm’s 11th...
#14 Viewpoint: Are Carriers and MGAs Leaving Revenue on the Table?
Feb 19 2025 // Insurance companies spend billions of dollars a year on advertising—and for good reason. With auto insurance mandated in nearly every state and home insurance required by mortgage lenders, insurance product providers are...
#15 Ryan Specialty to Acquire Assets of MGU Greenhill From Alera
Aug 20 2024 // Ryan Specialty said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of Greenhill Underwriting Insurance Services from Alera Group, Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Houston-based Greenhill is a...
#16 Florida Peninsula MGA Changes Name to Windward Risk Managers
Aug 21 2024 // Florida Peninsula Managers, the managing general agency for Florida Peninsula Insurance and Edison Insurance, has officially changed its name to Windward Risk Managers, the name of the company that has managed it for...
#17 Bishop Street Enters Commercial Lines With Acquisition of MGA Conifer
Sep 5 2024 // Bishop Street Underwriters, a multi-boutique insurance platform owned by RedBird Capital Partners, announced it has acquired Conifer Insurance Services a specialty commercial managing general agency from Conifer Holdings,...
#18 Bowie Promoted to CEO of MGU Private Client Select Insurance
Jan 8 2025 // Managing general underwriter Private Client Select Insurance Services, majority owned by Stone Point Capital and American International Group (AIG), said Ross Bowie has been appointed chief executive officer, effective...
#19 E&S Vet Miller and Team Launch MGA Pivix
Sep 20 2024 // Former Scottsdale Insurance President Mike Miller will now serve as president and CEO of excess & surplus managing general agency Pivix Specialty Insurance Services. Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, Pivix is an E&S...
#20 Motion Specialty Launches Lloyd’s MGU, Founded by Former Hiscox Executives
May 20 2025 // Motion Specialty has been approved as a Lloyd’s of London coverholder, founded by former Hiscox executives Dan Alpay and Alex Kickham. The business writes on behalf of Lloyd’s Syndicate 1301, managed by Inigo...
