Specialty and Media MGA Nirvana to Acquire MGA Pulse April 3, 2025 Managing general agent Nirvana announced it is acquiring Pulse, an MGA specializing in non-standard accident, health and life, and sports...
People Moves: Everest Re Taps Haines From Carpenter as Global Head of Engineering; MGA Aqueous Promotes Dorrell to New Role as Head of P/C March 27, 2025 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Everest Re and the MGA Aqueous Underwriting. A summary of these...
McCarty Critical of Consultant’s Report on MGAs, as Average Premiums Drop in Florida March 25, 2025 By William Rabb Amid an uproar over reports that Florida property insurance companies had shifted profits to affiliated firms while rates rose and...
Florida Bill Would Limit AI in Claims Denials, Extend Bar on Execs, Raise Surplus Levels March 19, 2025 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports After years of rising insurance premiums, anger from homeowners, and recent reports about some property insurance carriers’ alleged diverting of...
Markets/Coverages: Rokstone Secures Property D&F Binder With Somers Syndicates March 18, 2025 Rokstone, the international speciality re/insurance MGA that is part of the Aventum Group, announced it is expanding its property direct...
Optio Group Acquires Norwegian-Based Marine Hull Specialist MGA, S Insurance March 3, 2025 Optio Group, the London-based independent specialty MGA, announced it has acquired Norwegian-based MGA S Insurance AS (S Insurance) for an...
Viewpoint: Are Carriers and MGAs Leaving Revenue on the Table? February 19, 2025 By Bill Suneson Insurance companies spend billions of dollars a year on advertising—and for good reason. With auto insurance mandated in nearly every...
Viewpoint: The Recipe for Building a Successful MGA February 14, 2025 By Charles Rowley and Kaj Pankhania The managing general agency model is attracting a number of ambitious underwriters keen to step away from established insurers to...
Pen Underwriting Simplifies Divisional Structure in UK & Ireland, With Breslin at Helm February 11, 2025 Pen Underwriting, the London-based managing general agent, announced a simplified divisional structure to bring together core commercial underwriting capabilities and...
Markets/Coverages: MGA Rokstone Expands Portfolio Into Financial Institutions February 5, 2025 Rokstone, the international speciality re/insurance MGA that is part of the Aventum Group, has announced the launch of a D&O...