Industry Segments: MGA Page 1 / 12
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- June 30 2025
Delta revamps operational structure, appoints Dinesh Murali as New Zealand CUO
Kiwi MGA also hands underwriting operations manager Simone Batty a new role as general manager of portfolio and distribution.
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- June 19 2025
Global MGA United Risk completes acquisition of Australia’s Pinnacle Underwriting
Regional CEO Hayden Smith says the deal for the specialty facultative reinsurance MGA 'puts United Risk squarely within the top five largest MGAs in the world'.
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- June 17 2025
Australia MGA Agile names Liz Geden as New Zealand head
Auckland-based Geden had joined from Delta Insurance in March.
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- June 12 2025
QBE to underwrite MGA Blue Zebra’s Australian motor business
New capacity provider replaces Youi, which has decided to move away from broking channel.
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- June 12 2025
Brett Kenyon joins construction team at Gallagher-owned specialist MGA Pen Underwriting
Kenyon joins the Australian underwriting agency as a senior underwriter from Sura Engineering.
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- June 10 2025
Allianz Commercial appoints Hydor as MGA for APAC marine liability insurance
Hydor will quote and bind policies for all marine liability products, including property, handling equipment, hull and machinery, port craft and service boats.
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- June 10 2025
Exclusive: RiskPoint hires AIG’s George Blackborow as head of W&I in Asia
Blackborow will join the transactional risk team in Singapore to strengthen MGA's regional offering, APAC MD Maria Steeples exclusively confirmed to IAN.
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- June 6 2025
BP Marsh folds Australian construction specialist MGA Sterling into ATC
UK PE firm BP Marsh will hold 27% of the combined entity following the transaction.
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- June 5 2025
Specialty MGA Rokstone drops anchor in Singapore with QBE’s Rama Chandran at helm
Backed by a multi-year, US$25m Lloyd’s capacity, the London-based (re)insurer's Asian business is expected to underwrite all marine classes.
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- May 26 2025
AIG’s Grant Cairns to join Nigel Fitzgerald’s MGA as founding partner in Australia
Cairns will join Steadfast Group COO's new digital, AI-driven underwriting business, set to launch in Q4, in October.
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- May 23 2025
Asia warming to MGAs as regulators, capacity providers embrace niche underwriting: Qubit’s Helen Ye
Hong Kong MGA eyes regional expansion as it plans to 'become a leading underwriter in the digital asset space across Asia Pacific'.
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- May 19 2025
Crypto specialist MGA Qubit formally launches in Australia
Underwriter will offer Lloyd's capacity to the digital asset space, according to CEO Helen Ye.
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- May 15 2025
CFC welcomes back Gary Newson as management liability development manager
Perth-based Newson returns to the specialist insurance provider having spent over two years with WTW.
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- May 14 2025
Howden-owned MGA Dual promotes Stewart Eaton to ANZ head of liability
Eaton joined the MGA in late 2023 and has been head of liability for New Zealand before assuming the new role.
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- May 5 2025
Product recall specialist BluNiche to enter China with new capacity
The London MGA, backed by Chaucer capacity, has secured an increase in its underwriting capacity for 2025.
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- May 2 2025
Mobile plant specialist UAA renews 10-year capacity agreement with QBE
Binder agreement also provides capacity to the New Zealand arm of the Steadfast-owned underwriting agency.
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- April 29 2025
Australia’s 1688 Underwriting gains Lloyd’s coveholder approval
Sydney-based MGA can act as an agent for Lloyd’s syndicates in Australia.
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- April 25 2025
With boots on the ground in Australia, CFC eyes strong growth, upselling opportunities
Following the acquisition and rebranding of Solution Underwriting, the MGA's Australia managing director Anita Lane looks to the future and reflects on the softening commercial insurance market.
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- April 16 2025
Markel to buy P&I specialist MGA Meco
The MGA with presence in Shanghai, London and Dubai will integrate into the specialty (re)insurer but will continue to operate through its brands Charterers P&I Club, Transmarine and Aurora P&I.
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- April 3 2025
Jewelers Mutual acquires Australian MGA Jewellers Loop
The acquisition of the Sydney-based specialist that covers engagement rings, watches and jewellery is aligned with the US carrier's market expansion outside North America.
