Managing General Agency (MGA) News

Skyrisks Prepares to Launch as MGA for Advanced Air Mobility Sector

Skyrisks Ltd. is set to launch as a managing general agent, partnering with capacity provider Convex Group Ltd., aiming to address the fast-growing insurance needs of the advanced air mobility (AAM) sector. The AAM sector embodies the future of aviation, …

Intangic MGA Launches Cyber Parametric Policy With Backing From AXA XL

Intangic MGA, a London-based cyber managing general agent (MGA), has been launched with capacity backing from AXA XL, offering new cyber insurance cover for large public corporations headquartered in the UK. The company is led by an executive team with …

Markets/Coverages: Coalition Enters UK Excess Cyber Insurance Market

Coalition, the San Francisco-based cyber managing general agent and cyber-security firm, announced it will enter the excess cyber insurance market in the United Kingdom to help protect businesses with enhanced coverage. By adding additional capacity to the market in this …

UK Specialty MGA Nirvana Launches With ‘Ambitious Growth Plans’

Nirvana, a London-based managing general agent, has launched in London after acquiring leading media, tech and cyber underwriter, Nirvana Risk Partners, from the MGA formation platform Castel Underwriting Agencies in a management buyout. Nirvana, which is backed by a number …

Tysers Sells Bloodstock Broking Team and Bloodstock Managing Agent to Howden

Tysers, the independent Lloyd’s broker and part of AUB Group, announced the sale of its bloodstock broking team and the bloodstock managing agent, Galileo, to Howden. “We had built an exceptional bloodstock business but, as our focus is no longer …

Swedish MGA Brookfield Underwriting Acquired by Broking Group Säkra

Brookfield Underwriting, the specialist Stockholm-based high net worth managing general agent, announced it has been acquired by Säkra, one of Sweden’s largest insurance intermediaries, which itself has just been acquired by private equity investment firm Cinven. Terms of the transaction …

Markets/Coverages: Apollo Launches Drone Insurance Facility in Partnership With MGA Moonrock

Apollo, the London-based independent specialist insurer and reinsurer, is providing capacity to Moonrock Drone Insurance, designed to provide coverage for larger commercial drone operations, meeting an increased demand in the market. Moonrock was founded in 2016 by Simon Ritterband, who …

Howden Group Completes Buy of TigerRisk Partners

Howden Tiger is official. Howden Group Holdings yesterday said it has completed its acquisition of TigerRisk Partners to create the “world’s fourth largest global reinsurance broker.” “Together, we will be able to meet the rapidly changing demands of large global …

Fidelis Completes MGU and Balance Sheet Split

Fidelis Insurance Holdings Ltd. (FIHL) announced the completion of the transaction creating a new managing general underwriter (Fidelis MGU), separate from FIHL and the existing insurance companies (the Fidelis Insurance Group). Originally announced in July 2022, the transaction became effective …

UK MGA Pen Underwriting Launches Claims Hub Dedicated to Property, Liability

Pen Underwriting has launched a new regional claims hub in Chelmsford dedicated to managing commercial property and liability claims, which will complement its existing team of specialists in Manchester, England. As part of its investment in the southern hub, Pen …