Managing general agents (MGAs)
Dunny or delight? Rating Australian forays into UK insurance
Content Director’s View: With Australian firm AUB Group doubling down on its UK growth plans with a deal for Prestige Insurance Holdings, Jonathan Swift reviews other notable Antipodean overseas insurance expansion plans to assess its chances of success.
Why Hadron CEO Johnson won’t repeat previous fronter playbooks
Colin Johnson, CEO of Hadron International, has explained why the playbook he is using at his new fronting insurer is not simply a repeat of those used by rivals.
Diary of an Insurer: Prestige’s Tim Baxter
Tim Baxter, business development and relationship director at Prestige Underwriting, navigates a week of strategy sessions in Belfast, broker visits in Manchester and London, and home-office conference calls – all in the name of expanding the MGA’s non…
KGM x Zurich; CFC’s cyber cover; LMA’s underwriting director
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Q&A: Richard King, Ticker
Richard King, founder and CEO of Ticker, discusses the journey from being a telematics “market maker” when it first launched to building a sustainable telematics MGA in the current landscape.
Why MGAs need to hold the line in 2026
Trade Voice: Mike Keating, CEO of the Managing General Agents’ Association, says the softening market gives MGAs the opportunity to prove their mettle – but they must show underwriting discipline.
MGA Forecast of 2026
Entering 2026, MGA chiefs feel the sector is in a strong yet testing position buoyed by technology, specialism and capacity support, but facing a softening market that will reward those combining underwriting discipline, data-driven innovation and…
Intact’s commercial launch; Pen x Zurich; QBE’s casualty manager
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Ripe plans to launch up to four new products in 2026
Ripe chief underwriting officer Sean Carney has revealed the digital MGA’s plans to launch up to four new products in 2026.
Clear Group’s Scottish expansion; Bridgehaven’s buy; B.P. Marsh’s CEO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
How MGAs are shaping the future of insurance
View from the Top: Kevin Morton, head of high net worth and personal lines partnerships at Zurich UK, explains why MGAs are set to remain a central pillar of the insurance market.
Insurers stuck in scaling trap as IT lags ambitions
Insurers may be more determined than ever to accelerate product innovation, but new data suggests outdated IT infrastructure is standing in the way of that ambition.
How Dual’s data capability is transforming the MGA
Simon McGinn, CEO of Dual, has shared how the MGA’s data capability has been transformed in recent years and is accelerating the growth of the business.
Webinar: Learn about AI underwriting lessons from the front line
The conversation around AI in underwriting is shifting, from what’s possible to what’s already in play.
Big Interview: Paul Greensmith and Jodie Kaufman Davis, HW Kaufman
After plenty of acquisitions over the years, HW Kaufman international CEO Paul Greensmith and group co-president Jodie Kaufman Davis sit down with Harry Curtis to discuss plans to turn the group’s international businesses into a broking and underwriting…
Pan-European MGA federation launches with MGAA backing
A pan-European managing general agents federation has launched today (4 November).
Big Interview: Mike van der Straaten, Antares
Mike van der Straaten, CEO of Antares, sits down with Harry Curtis to discuss QIC Global’s rebirth as Antares, why it swapped its Maltese entity for a UK one, and its retail strategy.
HW Kaufman plans to establish Lloyd’s vehicle within two years
HW Kaufman plans to set up a Lloyd’s syndicate within the next two years as part of its international expansion efforts, executives have told Post.
Why MGA’s suppliers are more than a support act
View from the Top: Mike Keating, CEO of the Managing General Agents’ Association, examines the ecosystem of suppliers that underpins the UK’s MGA community.
PWC’s launch; Bentley’s insurance product; Howden’s group CFO
Friday Round-Up: Insurance Post wraps up the major insurance deals, launches, investments and strategic moves of the week.
Q&A: Nick Pomeroy, QRG Specialty
Nick Pomeroy, head of reinsurance and broking at QRG Specialty, reflects on his journey from decades at industry heavyweights to helping build a nimble challenger in the London Market.