managing general underwriter (MGU) News

Aspen Expands Agreement to Provide Capacity for Ryan Specialty’s MGU Portfolio

Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. announced it has entered into agreement with Ryan Specialty Group to support a diverse international portfolio of delegated underwriting authority business. With effect from Jan. 1, 2022, Aspen has joined an additional seven programs from …

AXIS Insurance Enters North American Pet Insurance Market With MGU Petplan

AXIS Insurance, the specialty insurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., announced it has entered the pet insurance market via its Accident and Health unit through a strategic relationship with managing general underwriter Petplan. AXIS Insurance will provide underwriting …

MGU SageSure Secures $125M in Bank Financing to Support Continued Growth Plans

SageSure, a tech-driven managing general underwriter focused on costal residential property markets, raised $125 million in bank financing meant to enable its continued growth plans. “SageSure has always been focused on protecting homeowners in the most challenging and catastrophe-prone insurance …

People Moves: Allianz’ Ress to AXA XL; Tye Succeeds Card as Carbon’s CEO; Woodhams Promoted at iprism

This group of international People Moves provides details of appointments at insurer AXA XL; Carbon Underwriting, a managing general underwriter; and iprism, a managing general agent. A summary of these new hires follows. AXA XL Insurance announced it has appointed …

Assessing Delegated Underwriting Authorities, MGAs: AM Best Explains

Over the last decade, as insurers and reinsurers have sought profitable opportunities for growth, they increasingly have handed the underwriting pen to managing general agents, managing general underwriters, program administrators and other underwriting agencies. These specialized distribution partners have not …

AM Best Plans to Assess MGAs, Other Delegated Authority Entities

With the volume of premium generated by managing general agents and other delegated underwriting authority enterprises (DUAEs) rocketing skyward in recent years, AM Best had decided it is time to deliver assessments of these entities. “What we’ve seen is really …

Captive Re/Insurance MGU, International Re, Partners with Admitted Insurer Cimarron

International Re (I–RE), the specialist captive insurance and reinsurance managing general underwriter (MGU), is announcing a new strategic capacity partnership with Cimarron Insurance, a niche specialist admitted insurer. The partnership will underwrite a range of admitted property and casualty lines …

Carbon Underwriting to Launch Syndicate-in-a-Box at Lloyd’s

Managing general underwriter Carbon Underwriting has received in-principle approval from Lloyd’s to launch a syndicate-in-a-box, Syndicate 4747. Carbon will start writing business, effective July 1, 2020, with stamp capacity of £15 million (US$18.4 million) in year one, estimated to rise …

MGU Victor Taps Bonfà from US Underwriting Solutions as Country Leader of Victor Italia

Victor Insurance Holdings, the world’s largest managing general underwriter (MGU), announced the appointment of Matteo Bonfà as country manager, Victor Italia S.r.l., effective immediately. Bonfà is based in Milan and reports to Anthony Stevens, president, Victor International. With a 20-year …

White Mountains’ NSM Insurance to Buy UK’s Kingsbridge Group

NSM Insurance Group (NSM), a Pennsylvania-headquartered managing general underwriting agency and program administrator for specialty insurance programs, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Kingsbridge Group Ltd., a provider in the UK of specialist insurance for skilled contractors and …