Brokers & Distribution
Brokers provide a vital cog in the global specialty re/insurance marketplace, with their role continuingly evolving beyond a mechanism simply to place business. The advisory services provided by brokers now form a critical part of their value offering. The broking landscape is also shifting with major merger and acquisition activity creating opportunities for growing firms to expand in core markets and attract staff who have been displaced in the fallout from major deals.
Softening market spurs MGA activity
MGA launches tend to be resilient to market cycles, Emma Plush, director of MGA and broker solutions at Davies, says
Miller expands European surety offering with hires
Elisabeth Chalon Lambertin and Toni Beltzer will focus on expanding surety solutions across construction, energy and trade finance
Gallagher UK CEO named Biba deputy chair
Michael Rea succeeds Aon’s Jane Keilty as deputy chair of broker trade body
CFC names Camara US chief executive
Specialty underwriting business hires Aspen executive to lead growth strategy in the US
Lockton Re launches London-based North American MGA practice
Broker hires Tysers managing director Henrietta Butcher to lead new division
Aon renews Client Treaty facility for 2026
Broker expands Lloyd’s cross-class facility to include facultative reinsurance clients and aviation and space offering
BMS opens office in Dubai free zone
Ranji Sinha to lead broking group’s DIFC regional hub
Lockton Re launches European life reinsurance practice
Reinsurance broker continues expansion of Paris office with hire of Médéric Borde
WTW warns tariff geopolitics is reshaping risk for global firms
US tariff agreements are altering global trade patterns and creating fresh exposure for internationally active firms
Dual Europe appoints transactional liability MDs
Managing general agent brings in duo from Acquinex
WTW acquires Newfront in $1.3bn deal
Global broking giant looks to expand US middle-market footprint and boost capabilities in tech-focused sectors
Howden launches space insurance offering
Broker hires Gallagher partner Clive Strickland to target $600m space insurance market
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