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Markets/Coverages: SiriusPoint, Broker Holmes Murphy Offer Umbrella Excess for Captives

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the Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, announced a new strategic partnership with the independent insurance broker Holmes Murphy. SiriusPoint has partnered with Holmes Murphy, headquartered in Waukee, Iowa, and its wholly owned subsidiary and managing general agent Innovative … SiriusPoint Ltd.,

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Howden Acquires Peruvian Reinsurance Broker Innova Re

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Howden, the London-based insurance intermediary group, announced it has acquired Innova Re, a market leading, independent reinsurance broker headquartered in Lima. Financial details of this deal were not disclosed. Established in 2017 and led by Juan Diego Cadarso, its founder …

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Q1 Shows ‘Clear’ Signs of Commercial P/C Softening, Says CIAB

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By Chad Hemenway According to The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) quarterly survey, commercial property/casualty premiums across all account sizes in the first quarter of 2025 rose by 4.2%–down 22% from the last three months of 2024 and …

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CITA Insurance Services and Ascot Insurance Company announce nationwide real estate agents and brokers errors & omissions program

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ORANGE, CA, November 6, 2024 – CITA Insurance Services and Ascot Insurance Company (Ascot) have partnered to deliver a new real estate agents and brokers error & omissions (E&O) program nationwide. This admitted insurance product was designed to provide professional …

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Viewpoint: Innovation Enhances Brokers’ Growth and Profits

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insurance agents and brokers, but until recently that has been easier to assert than to achieve consistently. Boosting growth and profitability is a goal for all U.S. Booking organic growth is difficult, even for firms with strong sales cultures, and …

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Lloyd’s Broker Charged Over Alleged Ecuador Bribes

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UK fraud cops have charged an insurance broker with bribery, after a four-year probe into alleged corruption involving state-run insurance contracts in Ecuador. The Serious Fraud Office accused United Insurance Brokers Ltd. of failing to prevent associates from bribing state …

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Sica Fletcher Index: Agency-Broker M&A Down Slightly in First Half 2024

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The 22 acquirers that make up the Sica Fletcher Index were involved in 242 agent-broker deals in the first six months of 2024, totaling $635 million in revenue. That is a 45% drop in revenue from what was acquired during …

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