Ardonagh Group
Movers and shakers who made Insurance Post’s Power List 2024 revealed
This year’s Insurance Post Power List reflects how claims inflation combined with the Consumer Duty caused some providers to shift their focus and disruptors found it is easier to send a rocket into space than enter the UK insurance market.
CMA gives Markerstudy/Atlanta merger the green light
The Competition and Markets Authority has cleared the proposed merger of Markerstudy Insurance and Ardonagh’s Atlanta Group following its investigation into the deal.
Q&A: Gus Majed, Paratus
Gus Majed, group CEO and founder of Paratus, explains why he launched the business to offer energy and freight insurance policies to protect producers and consumers from energy price risks.
Allianz’s claims fraud savings; WTW’s cyber facility; Biba’s London committee chair
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Ardonagh/Markerstudy merger faces CMA investigation
The Competitions and Markets Authority has today (31 January) opened up an investigation into the proposed merger between Ardonagh’s Atlanta Group and Markerstudy.
Big Interview: Matt Brewis, FCA
Matt Brewis, the Financial Conduct Authority’s head of insurance, explains to Scott McGee why premium finance is a “poor product,” denies the watchdog is Miss Trunchbull-like, plus shares the regulator's plans for 2024.
RSA and Brit partner; Policy Expert expands top team; Guidewire chair joins Hyperexponential
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Dilley departs Intact for Bridgehaven
Fronting insurer Bridgehaven has appointed Paul Dilley as its chief underwriting officer.
Headlines that shook insurance in 2023
The news and views that shaped insurance in 2023, plus what can you expect from Insurance Post in 2024, are all revealed in our final video podcast of the year.
UK motor broker launches; Ardonagh’s management reshuffle; Polaris’s £1.5m investment
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Axa and Synectics partner; Tesco to offer non-standard home; Markerstudy's three NEDs
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Top 75 MGAs 2023: £60m - £80m
Animal Friends, Arch Capital Group, Ardonagh Group, and Gallagher achieved MGA/MGU revenues between £60m and £80m from UK-based non-life risks in 2022.
Top 75 MGAs: Ardonagh
Ardonagh's main MGA-MGU activities dealing in UK-based non-life risks in 2022 included Geo Underwriting, Midas Underwriting, Thames Underwriting and Uris Group.
Insurance Post’s Top 75 MGAs revealed
Markerstudy and Policy Expert have been the named the country’s two biggest MGAs after achieving revenues of between £80m and £100m for UK-based non-life risks in 2022.
Markerstudy to use tough PL market to fuel further growth
Following its merger with Atlanta Group, Markerstudy Group said the current squeeze of the personal lines market, and the added pressure of more strict regulation, presents an opportunity to grow the business further both organically and through…
Ardonagh and Markerstudy’s £1.2bn merger confirmed
The Ardonagh Group and Markerstudy Group have agreed a merger between Markerstudy and Atlanta Group, Ardonagh’s personal lines broking business, to create a “major new player” in the UK insurance market.
View from the top: Ardonagh’s Claire Burrell on attracting and retaining talent
As students across the country collect their exam results, Claire Burrell, chief operating officer at Ardonagh Capital Solutions, reflects on why now, more than ever, it is essential for businesses to maintain flexibility across a full range of entry…
View from the top: Ardonagh Advisory’s Jaime Swindle on the power of connection
Jaime Swindle, CEO of Ardonagh Advisory’s UK commercial MGA, says connections forged at events like last week’s British Insurance Brokers’ Association conference can unlock a wealth of opportunities.
Ardonagh’s Joe Conway on playing the M&A long game
Joe Conway, head of M&A for Ardonagh Advisory, believes that building trust is the key, and that part of this can mean turning away a potential acquisition and introducing them to another buyer if this is the right thing to do for the broker.
Briefing: Why the potential Markerstudy/Ardonagh Retail merger makes sense
As reports surface on what some have called “the worst kept secret at Biba”, why does the potential merger between Ardonagh Retail and Markerstudy make sense?
Movers and shakers who made Insurance Post’s Power List revealed
This year’s Insurance Post Power List provides a blueprint of what you need to do to achieve and succeed in today’s world.