Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Ryan Specialty, the Chicago-based international specialty insurance firm, announced it has completed the acquisition of certain assets of the European managing general agent, Geo Underwriting Europe BV (Geo Europe), part of The Ardonagh Group. The deal was completed on Oct.

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Underwriting Underwriter Agents Insurer 261

Insurance Journal

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Pen Underwriting, the London-based managing general agent, has expanded and enhanced its specialist insurance proposition for recruitment agencies, to support clients’ international growth strategies and help them respond to increasing legal liabilities arising from contractual complexities.

Underwriting 237

Underwriting Underwriter Liability Agents 237

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The Clear Group, the London-based independent insurance broker, announced the acquisition of the managing general agency, Accelerate Underwriting. Established in 2015, Accelerate Underwriting is a … Financial terms of the deal, which is its fourth involving an MGA, were not disclosed.

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Underwriting Underwriter Insurance Broker Broker 262

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 7, 2024

In the insurance industry, managing general agents (MGAs), managing general underwriters (MGUs), and program administrators (PAs) fill a critical role in facilitating the distribution and administration of specialized insurance products. This post is part of a series sponsored by Dyad.

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Underwriting Underwriter Agents Insurance Industry 245

Insurance Journal

JANUARY 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 coverage for catastrophe-exposed properties, is a managing general underwriter …

Underwriting 244

Underwriting Underwriter Risk Broker-Agent 244

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 17, 2024

JM Wilson, headquartered in Portage, Michigan, promoted several team members and made new hires to its underwriting team. Priya Albert was promoted to property and casualty underwriter. Albert works with carrier underwriters and independent insurance agents in Georgia, North Carolina, …

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Underwriting Underwriter Insurance Agent Insurance Agents 233

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

She works with carrier underwriters and independent insurance agents in Michigan and Texas. JM Wilson, headquartered in Portage, Michigan, promoted several team members in its home office. Kristin Bolhuis was promoted to property and casualty manager. She began her career …

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Underwriting Underwriter Insurance Agent Insurance Agents 203

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 1, 2024

JM Wilson, headquartered in Portage, Michigan, added new members to its transportation underwriting team. Olga Jaquet was promoted to senior transportation underwriter, responsible for underwriting new and renewal commercial transportation risks and working with carrier underwriters and independent insurance agents …

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Underwriting Underwriter Insurance Agent Insurance Agents 203

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Overall agent satisfaction with insurers of both personal lines and commercial lines has held strong despite a challenging underwriting environment, says a new J.D. Power study, with commercial lines satisfaction reaching an all-time high. According to the J.D. Power 2024 …

Agents 290

Agents Commercial Underwriting Underwriter 290

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

JM Wilson, headquartered in Portage, Michigan, hired Savana Musolf and Lisa Hudson as assistant property and casualty underwriters. Musolf works with independent insurance agents and company underwriters in Michigan and Texas. Before joining JM Wilson, Musolf worked for over two …

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Underwriting Underwriter Insurance Agent Insurance Agents 198

Insurance Journal

JULY 25, 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 leaders during a recent industry webinar. The short takes: We don’t outsource …

Underwriting 278

Underwriting Underwriter Casualty Insurance Insurer 278

Insurance Journal

APRIL 15, 2025

United Risk, a subsidiary of Applied Underwriters, announced it has formed a multi-line reinsurance managing general agent. Jay Cahill, previously United Risk’s chief financial officer, has been named chief executive officer of the new MGA. He will be succeeded as …

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Risk Underwriting Underwriter Agents 140

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 30, 2024

Agile Underwriting Services, the Sydney, Australia-based insurtech, managing general agent, and Lloyd’s coverholder, has launched a unit in New Zealand, which Agile described as the first of its kind for a Lloyd’s syndicate. The establishment of Agile Insurance Group NZ …

Underwriting 278

Underwriting Underwriter Agents Insurer 278

Insurance Journal

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Pen Underwriting, the London-based managing general agent, announced a simplified divisional structure to bring together core commercial underwriting capabilities and expertise across the UK and Ireland. Under the central leadership of Sarah Breslin as managing director of the new Commercial …

Underwriting 140

Underwriting Underwriter Commercial Agents 140

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Coalition, the San Francisco-based cyber managing general agent and cyber-security firm, has appointed Tine Simonsen as the company’s head of Insurance for Continental Europe. As an experienced cyber underwriter and broking leader, Simonsen will anchor Coalition’s presence and expansion in …

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Cyber Underwriting Underwriter Agents 298

Insurance Journal

MAY 13, 2025

Pen Underwriting, the London-based managing general agent, has invested in a new cyber protection platform called “Pen Protect,” which aims to equip all its cyber policyholders around the world with an exclusive, enhanced, integrated suite of risk management tools and …

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Cyber Risk Underwriting Underwriter 264

Insurance Journal

JANUARY 2, 2025

Nexus Underwriting, a Brown & Brown group business, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Arma Fusion Ltd., the parent company of Arma Underwriting Ltd. Arma is a leading specialty reinsurance MGA based in the Dubai International Financial …

Underwriting 278

Underwriting Underwriter Agents 278

Insurance Journal

JANUARY 2, 2025

The entity will now function as a newly formed managing general agent and includes the residential earthquake risk underwriting franchise. SageSure closed the acquisition of GeoVera Advantage Insurance Services LLC in Fairfield, California. As part of the transaction, SageSure has …

Underwriting 278

Underwriting Underwriter Agents Insured 278

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 3, 2024

During a recent market briefing, Rachel Turk, Lloyd’s chief underwriting officer, … While the Lloyd’s market reported its best first-half profit in 17 years, it isn’t resting on its laurels. It is carefully monitoring areas where potential vulnerabilities have been identified.

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Underwriting Underwriter Risk Agents 311

Final Expense Brokerage

JANUARY 29, 2025

Jan 29, 2024 3:23:31 PM Contact Us Share: Final expense insurance is a niche that offers tremendous potential for agents looking to serve seniors and their families. However, this market comes with its own set of challenges, including price sensitivity, unique underwriting processes, and sometimes, a lack of awareness among consumers.

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Insurance Agents Insurance Agent Agents Building 130

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Overall agent satisfaction with insurers of both personal lines and commercial lines has held strong despite a challenging underwriting environment, says a new J.D. Power study, with commercial lines satisfaction reaching an all-time high. According to the J.D. Power 2024 …

Commercial 162

Commercial Commercial Insurance Agents Underwriting 162

Rough Notes

MAY 30, 2025

Vertafore survey reveals howindependent agents are evaluating their carriers By Mike Erlandson In todays challenging insurance market, the relationship between independent agents and carriers is under a microscope. As agents work to navigate these pressures, many are taking a […]

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Agents Underwriting Underwriter Premium 93

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Mission Underwriters, the MGA incubator, announced the launch of Carrow Insurance, under the leadership of Ronan Conboy, the former CEO of AmTrust International. Carrow is set to focus on warranty, accident & health, and income protection products in the UK …

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Underwriting Underwriter Protection Insurer 260

Top Insurance Blogs

MAY 12, 2025

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Underwriting Underwriter License Insurance Agent 52

Insurance Journal

JANUARY 22, 2025

Specialty wholesaler Flow Specialty said its artificial intelligence model has passed the Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU) exams for cyber, errors & omissions, and executive liability modules. “For far too long, the middle market segment of specialty business has been …

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Agents Cyber Liability Underwriting 188

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Aqueous Underwriting, the London-based MGA, has secured major new capacity in a three-year deal with A+ rated insurers Allied World and Sompo. The move to a syndicated capacity arrangement provides the MGA with the opportunity to significantly develop and enhance …

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Underwriting Underwriter Insurer Insured 246

Insurance Journal

MAY 16, 2025

Lloyd’s has “a laser focus” on the oversight of delegated underwriting authorities to make sure these facilities do not drag down the market in the same way that poor management of managing general agents did in the past, according to …

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Underwriting Underwriter Risk Agents 183

Insurance Journal

APRIL 21, 2025

Applied Underwriters has spun-off United Risk as an independent, stand-alone operating company. United Risk, which was announced in November 2023, is a global property/casualty underwriting platform comprised of 28 different managing general agent (MGA) and underwriter (MGU) specialized insurance programs.

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Risk Underwriting Underwriter Agents 158

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 7, 2024

Novagen will focus on underwriting the full spectrum of renewable technologies (onshore, offshore, … Pine Walk Capital Ltd., the specialist managing general agency platform and wholly owned subsidiary of The Fidelis Partnership (TFP), announced the launch of Novagen, a renewables MGA.

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Underwriting Underwriter Agents 264

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

As insurers look to 2025, several trends are emerging that affect premium and deductible costs — leading to lengthy conversations between insurance agents and brokers and their customers. For worship facilities, some of the most prevalent trends include: • Weather-related …

Underwriting 130

Underwriting Underwriter Broker-Agent Deductible 130

Insurance Journal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker BMS and the managing general agent DUAL UK. A summary of these new hires follows here. BMS Taps Howden Re’s Biddell as Managing Director and Head of London P/C …

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Broker-Agent Underwriting Underwriter Broker 218

Insurance Journal

FEBRUARY 13, 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 to offer a more tailored approach …

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Building Underwriting Underwriter Insurer 219

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Specialty carrier Relm Insurance said it has launched a managing general agent licensed in all 50 states. Relm also said Keith Lavigne has joined as head of underwriting US. He will report to Relm CEO and founder Joseph Ziolowski.

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License Underwriting Underwriter Agents 189

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

London-based Innovisk has become part of Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers … Ryan Specialty, the Chicago-based specialty insurance services firm, has completed the acquisition of Innovisk Capital Partners from Abry Partners and BHMS Investments. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

Underwriting 246

Underwriting Underwriter Broker-Agent Insurer 246

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

and HWI France to Steadfast Group, the largest general insurance broker network and underwriting agency group in Australasia and owner of one of the … International B.V., the Amsterdam-based, privately owned insurance broker, announced the sale of H.W.

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Insurance Broker Broker Underwriting Underwriter 246

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Fidelis Insurance Group, a Bermuda-based global specialty re/insurer, announced a new strategic partnership with Euclid Mortgage Insurance Services LLC, a managing general agency that specializes in underwriting credit risk on portfolios of residential mortgages. Fidelis Insurance Group will provide reinsurance …

Underwriting 245

Underwriting Underwriter Insurer Insurance 245

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Doe & Emuss (D&E), the London-based boutique professional liability underwriting manager, has been launched with approved coverholder status at Lloyd’s. D&E is founded and led by industry veterans, Chief Executive David Doe and Managing Director Paul Emuss, who have more …

Liability 246

Liability Underwriting Underwriter Agents 246