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.
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
McGill and Aegis form digital partnership
Initiative uses algorithms to automate quote and bind process across multiple lines of business
Arrowhead appoints Beard as international CEO
US broking and MGA platform hires former Adronagh and Charles Taylor senior executive to lead international business
Augment Risk targets European MGA sector with Heimann hire
Reinsurance broker hires former Accredited Europe executive to build managing general agent practice in Europe
Topping takes the reins at BP Marsh
Early-staged investor’s founder, Brian Marsh, becomes non-executive chairman with immediate effect
Gallagher Re acquires Resilea
Reinsurance broker expands capabilities in South Africa with broker acquisition
Former Kentro CEO Thompson launches Sodalis
BP Marsh and Alliant back broker acquisition vehicle
Pine Walk launches alternative risk transfer MGA
Carnovis Specialty will offer structured re/insurance products across excess of loss and quota share structures
Dual launches natural capital cover
New cover supports biodiversity restoration in Scotland while giving confidence to credit buyers and helping landowners monetise natural capital
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