Industry Segments: MGA Page 1 / 13
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- August 19 2025
Darren Woolnough rejoins Dual as head of specialty
Auckland-based Woolnough had spent three years as a senior underwriter with the Howden-owned MGA during his first stint.
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- August 15 2025
Frontier Global taps Tokio Marine HCC for commercial PI capacity in Australia, New Zealand
Financial lines specialist MGA will target mid-market to large corporate clients.
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- August 12 2025
360 Underwriting hires CGU’s Pegah Vaghaye as Australian agencies’ COO
Sydney-based Vaghaye will oversee the optimisation of operational processes, integration of new agencies, and digital enablement initiatives.
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- August 7 2025
Australian MGA Blue Zebra eyes commercial lines expansion, earning its stripes overseas
Managing director Colin Fagen tells InsuranceAsia News about plans to expand into liability, management liability, marine and professional indemnity, and to also license its proprietary platform to MGAs and insurers overseas.
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- August 4 2025
Australian MGA IIS expands business to New Zealand, names Gert Stander as head of operations
Australian MGA is specialised in strata, commercial and community property insurance.
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- August 4 2025
Rhodian-backed Australian construction-focused MGA receives Lloyd’s coverholder status
Melbourne-based Scope Underwriting was co-founded by Nick Vernon and Rob Higginson in October.
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- July 31 2025
Descartes elevates Ben Qin as APAC head
Parametric specialist MGA also promotes WeeBeng Seow as acting head of Southeast Asia.
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- July 28 2025
Delta Insurance promotes Natasha Plesnik to casualty manager
New Zealand-based Plesnik previously worked as a senior underwriter for the specialist underwriting agency.
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- July 22 2025
‘In a more global fashion’: MSIG Specialty Marine targets Asia P&I growth, Singapore underwriting launch
CEO Tom Oostra tells InsuranceAsia News' Between The Lines podcast that the region is getting stronger and stronger and is becoming a more important part of the global market despite a range of challenges facing the marine industry.
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- July 21 2025
Victor Insurance Australia appoints QBE veteran Dave Burnage as head of programs
Burnage will be responsible for driving underwriting portfolio, expanding program partnerships, and overseeing underwriting strategy at the Marsh-backed MGA.
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- July 18 2025
‘Time for us to leave’: German legal insurer Arag set to exit Australia market
Arag had partnered with HDI Global Specialty to set-up Arag Services Australia in July 2019.
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- July 17 2025
Fusion Specialty names Robert Underhill as head of Americas
New York-based Underhill previously led the M&A transactional liability business across the US, Europe, Asia, and Australia for nine years at Berkshire Hathaway.
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- July 14 2025
HDI Global, Descartes collaborate to offer parametric earthquake cover in Japan
Claims will be triggered based on thresholds measured by Japan Meteorological Agency’s shindo seismic intensity.
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- July 14 2025
Australian tech-focused MGA Codex Insurance launches with MS Amlin capacity
Lloyd's coverholder, founded by former Vero undewriter Andrew Sharbeen, offers ICT liability and cyber insurance products.
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- July 10 2025
‘Valuable partners for insurers’: APAC’s thriving MGA market set for significant growth, Guy Carpenter’s Steve Warwick says
China, Japan and South Korea have longer-term potential alongside existing key regions as insurers increasingly show interest in this booming route to market.
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- July 9 2025
Dual confirms new ANZ regional leadership line-up with dual promotions
Howden-owned MGA appoints Michael Ussher and Paula Sheppard-Jones as managing directors of Australia and New Zealand, respectively.
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- July 9 2025
Mitsui Sumitomo to acquire Japanese W&I specialist MGA Time Machine
Japanese insurance group MSI will take a majority ownership of the MGA on August 1, and the remaining shares later to make it a 100% subsidiary.
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- July 8 2025
Financial lines rate reduction should bottom out as potential large losses loom: Frontier Global’s Joel Pridmore
Sector faces significant challenges, including major litigation such as class actions, regulatory scrutiny of Australian superannuation funds, cyber events, greenwashing, and the risk of under-reserving.
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- July 7 2025
AIG hires Allison Emery in newly created Pacific delegated underwriting authority lead role
Sydney-based Emery joins the insurer from Lockton, where she was head of market management and key partnerships.
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- July 3 2025
XL Insurance Company SE appoints Australian MGA Quay Marine Insurance as coverholder
Quay Marine can now underwrite commercial hull, marine liability, and cargo risks on behalf of XLICSE, which is part of Axa XL.
