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MGA Interviews
News Analysis
Kaspar Harsaae: Software platform founder to launch MGA as proof of concept
After spending two years building AI-powered insurance software firm Parasol Platforms, the founder concluded the best way to demonstrate his vision for true transformation was to launch his own MGA and prove the model works
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Barry Reynolds: Verlingue London Markets ‘heavily focused’ on MGA market as it seeks specialist growth
‘We’re really focused on finding areas of business that are not mainstream, but where we know that the London market has something specialist to offer,’ says broker’s executive director
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Michelle O’Reilly: Looking over the add-on sector with a ‘lawyer’s eye’ from Alps
As brokers increasingly turn to add-on products to differentiate themselves in a soft market, a managing director sees an opportunity for growth via ‘expanding distribution, new business acquisition and product development’
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Nick Linacre: How the Claims MGA of the Year brings an investigator’s mindset to claims handling
Winning Insurance Times’ Claims MGA of the Year award was recognition of Purbeck Insurance Services’ approach to claims, but for claims manager Nick Linacre, the real success comes long before a claim is ever paid
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Alex Hardy: Existing MGA partnerships driving portfolio growth
‘We’ve still got growth ambitions, but when you’re setting out in the early days, you’re really doing one thing – now we’ve got the exciting challenge of trying to pat our head and rub our tummy at the same time,’ says director
IT Interview
David Aslin: Human touch in a digital market – why Lumara is betting on relationships
As the insurance market pushes deeper into AI and automation, Lumara’s chief executive argues that underwriting expertise and broker relationships still matter most
IT Interview
Louise Birritteri: Beyond embedded insurance – how one MGA is seeking to build ‘insurance enabled business models’
MGA chief executive explains how her firm is trying to solve pain points in the short-term rental market by developing an entirely new insurance enabled business model
News Analysis
Richard Turnbull: Collegiate marking 40 years of quiet success
As the professional indemnity MGA celebrates its 40th anniversary, managing director Richard Turnbull reflects on mutual origins, growth and why underwriting discipline still trumps chasing premium.
IT Interview
Ryan Gill: Steering Bspoke ‘delicately’ through a broker service transformation
With long-term investments coming to fruition, the MGA group’s recently appointed chief executive sets out how broker service improvements will promise a return to a five star rating and drive growth in 2026
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Derek Coles: UGL Insurance’s chief executive talks ‘recalibrating’ after completing ‘three years in one’
’We’re like a chameleon, or a leopard that can change its spots – we can be different things to different markets and that’s what gives our business flexibility,’ chief executive tells Insurance Times
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Ross Dingwall: Mission’s new chief executive on ‘turbocharging growth’
’We’ve got substantial growth plans for the business and are looking for it to be eight to 10 times bigger than it is today in 2030, across the UK and Europe,’ says recently appointed chief executive
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David Haynes: Arag UK chief executive ready to take firm to ‘the next level’
Completing his first six months of an integration, the chief executive has now reached smoother waters and reveals his new ‘vision’ to kickstart a cross-party initiative and expand distribution to get the UK ‘on board with access to justice’
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