Rokstone makes senior appointments to agricultural and SME businesses

Specialty (re)insurance MGA Rokstone has announced senior appointments to both its specialist agricultural business, iFarm Underwriting, and its specialist SME business, iSure Underwriting.

The MGA – part of the Aventum Group – revealed that Adam McWilliams and Gurjot Bagri will both join iFarm as underwriters. McWilliams joins the firm from NFU Mutual, where he most recently served as a commercial package underwriter, while Bagri joins from Markel.

Meanwhile, Lee Ellis, who has led the iFarm and iSure propositions since 2022, has moved to the newly created role of digital prioritisation and change lead at Rokstone, a move the MGA said reflected its “continued investment in digital capabilities across its specialty underwriting businesses”.

Ellis is succeeded by Shane Mustill, who joined the business in 2025 as its head of distribution. Mustill’s 14 years of industry experience includes time spent in both agricultural underwriting and broker development roles.

Broader digital role

Mustill said: “Ellis has played a significant role in iFarm and iSure’s success over the past four years, expanding our product offering, strengthening our broker relationships and driving improvements in service and operational efficiency. His move into a broader digital leadership role within Rokstone is well deserved and demonstrates the value the business places on the expertise we’ve developed.

“For our broker partners, this is very much a story of continuity alongside continued investment. We’re adding experienced underwriting talent, promoting from within and continuing to invest in the technology and data capabilities that support better underwriting decisions.

“Our proposition remains unchanged – combining specialist underwriting expertise with digital innovation and A rated capacity. We continue to invest in our award-winning digital capabilities, enhanced data analytics and increasingly sophisticated pricing capabilities, enabling us to deliver more accurate, segmented pricing and responsive underwriting support for brokers and their clients.”