Specialty insurer Convex Group is planning to launch Kinetic Insurance Services, a wholly owned managing general agency that will start trading in Q4 2026. The MGA, which it described as “technology-enabled”, has received Financial Conduct Authority regulatory approval and will be led by Theo Butt, pictured, former CEO of Convex
Managing general agent Etc. Insurance has launched using Open GI’s technology with the pair claiming the offering brings “fully integrated travel insurance to the UK broker market for the first time”. Ian Rogers, managing director of Etc. Insurance – and and a former MD at Aon Affinity (travel and SME)
Digital trading platform imarket handled £454m of premium in 2025 with policies traded rising to just over 547,000, Insurance Age can reveal. The commercial premium total was up 1.2% year-on-year as the policy count was ahead compared to 546,449 in 2024. The offering connects 2,000 brokers to providers’ products and
Industry-owned imarket has pushed further into the managing general agent sector with Chapman and Stacey Underwriting launching a liability product onto Open GI’s platform via its service. The rollout is the first MGA product to go live through imarket this year. It teamed up with Eaton Gate in February last
Hybrid carrier Hadron has today revealed plans to enter the European Union after confirming it expects to end 2025 with over £200m in gross written premiums in the UK. Hadron added it had onboarded 10 new UK MGA programs in the last 12 months, listing Inperio (London), Elevate Specialty, and Aspect
Managing general agent Ventis is launching into e-trade with Acturis, claiming it would be plugging a gap in an underserved market segment. Ventis will be issuing policies that cover up to 20 properties, with a total sum insured of up to £20m. Policies up to £10,000 can automatically be bound,
Run Time: 50:10 MGA No Longer a ‘4-Letter Word’ (No Ratings Yet) Loading… 1,415 views Close Embed Video Use the below code to add this video to your website. Lloyd Yavener, president and COO of Sutton National Group, believes in the future of delegated underwriting authority. It wasn’t always that
Allianz UK has announced a new partnership with Ticker, the specialist motor telematics managing general agent. From 1st November 2025, Allianz will provide underwriting and claims support as an integrated service across Ticker’s portfolio of products. These include products for young drivers, older drivers, van drivers, drivers with convictions and
