September 10, 2018
Independent specialty managing general agent Nexus Group has completed the acquisition of Altitude Risk Partners from the club-style MGA formation platform Castel Underwriting Agencies Limited in an asset purchase. Altitude is a London-based aerospace MGA, co-founded in 2014 by David …
March 7, 2016
Altitude Risk Partners, the global aviation and space underwriting business, has expanded its general aviation capabilities with the appointment of Martin Audis as senior underwriter. Audis joins from Starr Aviation where he was a senior underwriter for general aviation business. …
September 8, 2015
Castel Underwriting Agencies, the club-style MGA formation platform, has today appointed Vanessa Powell as its first claims manager. Powell joins from Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group where she was aviation claims manager. She has over 30 years’ experience across all classes …
July 8, 2015
Altitude Risk Partners, Castel’s global aviation and space underwriting business, announced that it “has added the General Insurance Corporation of India [GIC], the world’s 15th largest reinsurer, to its aviation capacity providers. “The Indian government owned business joins existing capacity …
June 24, 2015
Newbridge Risk Partners has launched operations on Castel Underwriting Agencies MGA formation platform, targeting political violence and terrorism risks in emerging markets. The new underwriting cell will be focused on the emerging markets regions including, but not limited to, MENA …
September 4, 2014
Altitude Risk Partners, the global aviation and space underwriting business, announced the appointment of former broker Charles Hollingworth as an underwriter. Hollingworth joined from Aon Risk Solutions where he was a products and aerospace broker. He will work with the …
January 23, 2014
Castel Underwriting Agencies Limited, a member of the Barbican Insurance Group, announced that Altitude Risk Partners has become the first underwriting cell to utilize its “club-style” MGA platform to create a dynamic aerospace underwriting business. “Launched in London with capacity …