Managing general agents (MGAs)
Somerset Bridge swings back to loss after MGA changes
Somerset Bridge Group returned to loss-making territory in 2025, one year after moving from red ink to black.
MGA eyes mid-market expansion with FI launch
Specialist underwriting agency Verve Risk Services has launched a new financial institutions team as it continues to expand "its underwriting driven, mid-market specialist business".
Geo’s Renovation Underwriting speeds up for brokers
Private client renovation risks with a premium below £3,000 that meet the automatic approval criteria can now be priced and bound with immediate effect through Renovation Underwriting’s portal without needing manual underwriter review, the business has…
Avantia adds Accredited alongside Axa in new dual-capacity structure for Homeprotect
Managing general agent Avantia Group has added Accredited Insurance (UK) as a new co-insurer alongside Axa creating a panel for specialist home insurance business Homeprotect.
Peach and owner grow in 2025
Peach, which offers underwriting capacity to brokers, schemes and managing general agents for business insurance cover, grew in 2025 as profits at parent NPA Insurance also rose, maintaining the trends of the year before.
Profile: MGAA’s Mike Keating
Mike Keating, CEO of the Managing General Agents’ Association, looks back on his career in insurance and discusses how the MGA market will continue to evolve.
Pen builds out in thatch with £50m Hadron deal
Pen Underwriting has teamed up with Hadron UK Insurance for the first time in a capacity deal for the thatched and personal leisure property risks market, Insurance Age can reveal.
Marco Capital sails in to buy MGA incubator parent Pro Global
Marco Capital, the property and casualty legacy consolidator and parent of insurance services group PoloWorks, has signed up to buy Pro Global.
Meet the MGA: Lumara
Having helped set-up one MGA in Arista two decades ago, Lumara CEO David Aslin explains why he is going again, seeking to be a top three partner with its brokers through a combination of expertise, flexible products and agency exclusivity.
Prestige first up as Source broadens landlord offering
Managing general agent Prestige Underwriting has joined the Source Insurance landlord panel as the first underwriter of its 5-Star Defaqto-rated residential landlord insurance product.
Simply Business adds MGA to panel expanding its landlord offering
Simply Business has partnered with Mission-backed commercial and residential property managing general agent Ventis, to expand its landlord insurance offering.
MGAs increasingly important in placing niche fleet, according to broker survey
Waste, hazardous and recycling fleets are the hardest commercial motor segment to place due to limited market capacity, according to 71% of brokers surveyed by Direct Commercial.
Podcast: Reid and Clegg present Double Indemnity – episode 12, Cameron Specialty’s Tom Kirkland
MGA entrepreneur Tom Kirkland joins Stuart Reid and Toby Clegg for the latest episode of the Double Indemnity podcast series.
Bspoke adds Cadle and Biggs in broker facing roles
Bspoke Group has appointed Jim Cadle as head of distribution and Ryan Biggs as business development manager, to support growth across its commercial and delegated authority divisions.
Amiga broadens financial lines offering
Amiga Specialty has launched a pension trustee liability run-off and overlooked beneficiary insurance offering, further expanding its specialist financial lines appetite.
All-female MGA cyber team launches supply chain extension
Rokstone’s new Athena Cyber division has launched a customer and supplier supply chain disruption extension.
Ripe reveals deal costs and 21% turnover growth
Digital managing general agent Ripe Thinking spent £22.8m on a pair of deals last year as turnover and operating profits rose.
Acrisure MGA senior trio Palmer, Read and Banks exit for Ardonagh reunion at Geo
Three bosses at Acrisure’s MGA arm AUK have handed their notices in and are heading for a reunion with Ardonagh, Insurance Age has learned.
Bspoke promotes Tonge again, widening his remit
Bspoke Group has appointed Wayne Tonge as managing director of commercial and delegated authority, subject to regulatory approval.
Amiga buys Lloyd’s PI syndicate’s renewals
Managing general agent Amiga Specialty has entered an exclusive agreement to acquire the professional indemnity renewal portfolio of Volante International.
Acies launches new specialist marine MGA
Acies MGU has launched a new MGA specialising in ports and terminals.