managing general agent

Insurance technology (insurtech) start-up Stere has announced a $2 million capital raise to help it better connect providers of insurance and reinsurance capacity with managing general agents, program administrators, and embedded insurance platforms.

Occam Underwriting, a specialist lines focussed Managing General Agency (MGA), is acquiring terrorism risk focused MGA Beech Underwriting Agencies Ltd., in a move supported by Hudson Structured Capital Management (HSCM).

Volante Capital Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd. (Volante), a multi-class international MGA platform that counts insurance-linked securities (ILS) specialist Nephila Capital’s holding company as its majority owner, has received ‘in-principle’ approval from Lloyd’s to launch Syndicate 1699.

Hudson Structured Capital Management, the reinsurance, insurtech and insurance-linked securities (ILS) focused asset manager, has doubled-down on its investment in managing general agent Occam Underwriting, by taking a majority stake in the company.

A new insurance technology start-up named Stere has been launched to provide a digital ecosystem for insurance programs, targeting capacity provision and digital enablement for MGA’s, insurtech’s and programs, with a desire to help them access ILS fund capacity as well as traditional.

Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has announced the hiring of Miles Shephard from Aon, who will join the company as Managing Director and Head of GC Access, International, its specialist program capacity focused unit.

Aurous Risk Partners, a reinsurance focused managing general agency (MGA) that launched in 2018 with a desire to connect risks with the most suitable capital, has secured its first Lloyd’s energy binder that will be backed by capacity from Credit Suisse ILS’ Arcus Syndicate 1856.

Orchid Underwriters Agency, LLC, a property catastrophe focused managing general agency (MGA), has hired Joe Zuk, previously of Atlas General Holdings, to the new role of Managing Director of Corporate Development & Strategy.

Aurous Risk Partners has been launched as a new reinsurance focused managing general agency (MGA) that aims to maximise efficiencies and premium return, by connecting risks with the most suitable capital, including alternative or capital markets sources.

ILS fund manager Nephila Capital has made an equity investment in newly launched multi-class and multi-territory managing general agent platform Volante Global Limited (Volante), a firm that has ambitions to help alternative capital investors broaden their reach.