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Tom Donachie: Investment in underwriting expertise underpins First Underwriting’s DNA
MGA managing director has ‘built an army of skilled and experienced underwriters’ to ensure that brokers don’t need to scour the market and ‘work with other MGAs’
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Qlaims augments partnership with Great American
The company hopes the extension will provide ‘greater flexibility’ for its clients and brokers, says chief executive
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In Focus: MGAs are undoubtedly ‘the sexy side of insurance’ - but what is driving their increasing relevance?
The advantages that MGAs can provide to the insurance sector in a rapidly changing world could help the industry stay relevant
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Matthew Puttick: Brokers continue to drive KGM Underwriting Services’ ambitions
Chief executive explains that the MGA is striving ‘to be the best that we can be’ in the UK motor insurance market because ‘if you stand still, you fail’
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Douglas Brown: Providing value for brokers is vital for Renovation Underwriting
The managing director attributes the MGA’s success to investment ‘in our people, our proposition and technology’.
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Insurance Times Awards 2022: Underwriting excellence is ‘fundamental’ to specialist MGA success - First Underwriting
Tom Donachie, managing director of First Underwriting, tells Insurance Times why he believes his MGA should take home the top prize in the Excellence in Underwriting category at this year’s Insurance Times Awards.
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Insurance Times Awards 2022: Excellence in Underwriting nominees unveiled
Nine firms are competing to take home the gold prize in the Excellence in Underwriting category at 2022’s Insurance Times Awards
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Like father, like son: Tim and Ben Smyth compare career trajectories as insurance bosses
Two key lessons that Ben Smyth learnt from his chief executive father include entrepreneurialism and resilience
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Insurance Times Awards 2022: Three MGA Challenger of the Year nominees announced
Which of the three shortlisted firms will take home the MGA Challenger of the Year prize?
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Analysis
The Big Question October 2022: What is the current state of play in the construction professional indemnity market?
Insurance Times asks industry leaders about the current construction PI market as headwinds hit the sector following the likes of the Grenfell Tower tragedy
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Rokstone targets ‘go-to’ status with trio of senior engineering underwriter hires
The three appointees join from Globe Underwriting and all have previously held roles at Pioneer
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Dale Partners receives approval to launch new managing agency in Lloyd’s
The business has hired four independent non-executive directors to play an ‘invaluable’ role in the launch as part of the agency’s board
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Journey to the top: How seven MGAs climbed to five star status in 2022’s MGA report
Insurance Times has published the top line results from its latest MGA survey - what has been the three-year journey for this year’s five star winners?
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Global insurance broker secures approval for Asta-managed Flux syndicate 1985
The launch aims to increase the $32bn of premium already flowing into Lloyd’s from the broker
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Asta and Bermuda-based holding company win ‘in principle’ approval for new Lloyd’s syndicate
The new syndicate will underwrite run-off transactions within the market
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Joshua Motta: The MGA hitting the UK with ‘reinvented’ cyber security insurance
It is now harder than ever to purchase cyber insurance in the UK, with capacity being pulled back, increasing exclusions and price increases – but Coalition aims to overhaul the market at a time when SMEs need it most
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Insurance industry welcomes Liz Truss as new prime minister
The ‘back to the future’ proposal of merging the FCA, PRA and PSR is still a possibility, says global head of financial regulation
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North American cyber MGA begins trading in the UK
The firm will be distributing its products via UK brokers to the SME sector, according to a statement
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Rcapital Partners targets ‘significant’ scale-up with dual business buy
Montague Investment Group has taken a minority stake in the partnership as part of the deal