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📽️ NEWS IN FOCUS: The increased submission flow coming out of the admitted market is creating a “great environment” for Markel’s contract binding small business E&S products, according to Brendan Hanley... Watch now >>> https://lnkd.in/e4kZDrpC Markel | Brendan Hanley | James Thaler | Thomson Reuters | WSIA (Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association) | The Insurer TV Watch the full interview with Markel's Brendan Hanley to hear more on: ✅ How Markel's binding operations are seeing "a great environment for increased submission flow coming out of the admitted market" ✅ Markel binding's focus on investing in technology and more efficiently serving the needs of wholesale MGAs ✅ Details on the insurer's binding platform Markel Online, which is increasing product appetite ✅ How Markel's binding business is finding select opportunities within its appetite to provide options for customers. ✅ Where Markel binding is being "proactive as a marketplace member" and understanding trading partners' "pain points" Only paying subscribers of The Insurer have access to News in Focus content. To find out more about subscriptions, click here https://bit.ly/3OmPl0N #insurance #news #interview #wholesale #excess #surplus #lines #distribution #underwriting #binding #small #commercial #strategy #growth #nonadmitted #premium

📽️ NEWS IN FOCUS: With a growing emphasis from some wholesalers on touting their “independence” as a positive attribute to win business, talent and M&A, National Coverage Corporation president Ryan Darragh said the term means different things to different people... Watch now >>> https://lnkd.in/eTVFeqX2 National Coverage Corporation | Ryan Darragh | Sands Point Risk | Patrick Darragh | Dennis Kearns | Daniel Simnowitz | James Thaler | Thomson Reuters | WSIA (Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association) | The Insurer TV Watch the full interview with NCC's Ryan Darragh to hear more on: ✅ How NCC is thriving as an independent wholesaler with deep expertise in the construction market ✅ Why the firm's specialized focus on construction is being "rewarded" and stands out among retail partners and contractor clients ✅ How NCC excels in partnering on the most complex construction accounts ✅ The impact of the 2021 federal infrastructure bill on booming market conditions within the construction market ✅ Darragh's inspiring path to recovery and efforts to raise awareness for those across in the industry and beyond in managing addiction Only paying subscribers of The Insurer have access to News in Focus content. To find out more about subscriptions, click here https://bit.ly/3OmPl0N #insurance #news #interview #wholesale #excess #surplus #lines #distribution #underwriting #talent #strategy #growth #nonadmitted #premium #construction #contractors

📽️ NEWS IN FOCUS: New arrival Tim Whisler is aiming to build out a distinct E&S offering within Axa XL that has a dedicated underwriting team with a “fit for purpose” risk appetite and a wholesale-only distribution strategy... Watch now >>> https://lnkd.in/ePA9hYku AXA XL | Lucy Pilko | Tim Whisler | James Thaler | Thomson Reuters | WSIA (Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association) | The Insurer TV Watch the full interview with Axa XL's Lucy Pilko and Tim Whisler to hear more on: ✅ How Axa XL is doubling down on its wholesale offering and why "now is the time to invest" in the segment and a major priority for the firm ✅ Axa XL's plans to build "a distinct offering" in E&S with an appetite that is "fit for purpose" in segment that has "tremendous runway" ✅ Plans the company has that are underway to scale up its wholesale talent base ✅ How Axa is bringing "quality paper, quality claims, and quality underwriting" to the wholesale segment Only paying subscribers of The Insurer have access to News in Focus content. To find out more about subscriptions, click here https://bit.ly/3OmPl0N #insurance #news #interview #wholesale #excess #surplus #lines #distribution #underwriting #talent #strategy #growth #nonadmitted #premium

Yesterday's programs and MGA webinar panel agreed that key drivers behind the market's expansion are pursuit of profitable growth, attracting smart capital and reliance on entrepreneurial underwriters who have a good reputation and unmatched underwriting expertise when it comes to launching new programs. Emerald Bay Risk Solutions's newly appointed CEO Tracey Sharis explained that "There's continued and broadened interest in the MGA and program space. And the fact that the growth has eclipsed that of the insurance market at large for each of the last three to five years, chimes with something that is common to all of us - the pursuit of profitable growth across the P&C landscape." Also discussed by our expert panel was: - The high number of fronting carriers in the market and potential for consolidation - Challenges in the property market, in particular in California, and the involvement of MGAs in providing coverage to these dislocated markets - The continuity of M&A in the MGA market irrespective of ongoing economic volatility Thank you to our panellists Tracey Sharis, Clear Blue Insurance Group's Jerome Breslin, Howden Re's Matt Beard, and K2 Insurance Services' Robert Kimmel for sharing their valuable insights yesterday. If you missed the webinar and want to gain more knowledge on the U.S. programs and MGA space, join us on 29 May in New York at the 4th Program Manager Conference, where we'll be delving into these topics even further. Learn more about the event here https://bit.ly/3GeIVQy Christopher Munro #MGAmarket #MGA #programsspace #insurance #programmanager #webinarrecap

Yesterday's programs and MGA webinar panel agreed that key drivers behind the market's expansion are pursuit of profitable growth, attracting smart capital and reliance on entrepreneurial underwriters who have a good reputation and unmatched underwriting expertise when it comes to launching new programs. Emerald Bay Risk Solutions's newly appointed CEO Tracey Sharis explained that "There's continued and broadened interest in the MGA and program space. And the fact that the growth has eclipsed that of the insurance market at large for each of the last three to five years, chimes with something that is common to all of us - the pursuit of profitable growth across the P&C landscape." Also discussed by our expert panel was: - The high number of fronting carriers in the market and potential for consolidation - Challenges in the property market, in particular in California, and the involvement of MGAs in providing coverage to these dislocated markets - The continuity of M&A in the MGA market irrespective of ongoing economic volatility Thank you to our panellists Tracey Sharis, Clear Blue Insurance Group's Jerome Breslin, Howden Re's Matt Beard, and K2 Insurance Services' Robert Kimmel for sharing their valuable insights yesterday. If you missed the webinar and want to gain more knowledge on the U.S. programs and MGA space, join us on 29 May in New York at the 4th Program Manager Conference, where we'll be delving into these topics even further. Learn more about the event here https://bit.ly/3GeIVQy Christopher Munro #MGAmarket #MGA #programsspace #insurance #programmanager #webinarrecap

ANALYSIS: European P&C (re)insurance stocks rose sharply on Thursday morning, mirroring a jump in U.S. and Asian equities overnight after U.S. President Donald Trump temporarily reversed course on tariffs. Read in full >>> https://bit.ly/4jsh1z3 #tariffs #property #casualty #stockmarket #londonmarket #shareprice

📽️ MOODY'S PANEL: Insurance is going to become much more important in the next decade for climate Learn more at The Insurer TV >>> https://bit.ly/4ie5WRh Rowan Douglas CBE Viola L. Amy Barnes | Moody's | Paul Walsh #TheInsurerTV #VirtualDebates #insurance #reinsurance #insuranceinterview

EXCLUSIVE: Burns & Wilcox has launched an exclusive high-value homeowners program focused on catastrophe-exposed areas such as California, the Gulf Coast, the Atlantic states, Colorado and Florida, backed by A-rated paper from HW Kaufman carrier Atain Insurance Companies... Read in full >>> https://lnkd.in/gwmWFt_P 🔓 Not a subscriber yet? Simply fill out this form to learn more and gain access: https://lnkd.in/esyaQ7GJ Burns & Wilcox I H.W. Kaufman Group I Atain Insurance Companies I Bill Gatewood I Chris Zoidis, CPCU, RPLU I Danny Kaufman I Jodie Kaufman Davis I Marc Fuhrman I Thomson Reuters #news #high #value #homeowners #exclusive #program #launch #california #florida #gulf #coast #nat #cat #property #wholesale #underwriting #insurance #catastrophe #resilience #broking #mitigation #capacity

EXCLUSIVE: A four-strong team of senior London-based professional indemnity broking executives has left Paragon International Insurance Brokers to launch a new venture supported by AUB Group, multiple broking sources told The Insurer... Read in full >>> https://lnkd.in/eWJvr35p 🔓 Not a subscriber yet? Simply fill out this form to learn more and gain access: https://lnkd.in/esyaQ7GJ AUB Group Limited I Charlie Hargreaves I James Furlonge I Joshua Allen I Shalika Mudiyanselage I Thomson Reuters #news #broking #london #wholesale #underwriting #insurance #exclusive #professional #indemnity #new #launch #people #move #cyber #architects #engineers #construction #US #market

EXCLUSIVE: Greenlight Innovation Syndicate 3456's active underwriter Laure Kearns is leaving her post a little over a year since taking on the role at the Lloyd's business, with her departure bringing an end to her two years with the Cayman Islands-based reinsurer... Read in full >>> https://lnkd.in/eR3BAwkH 🔓 Not a subscriber yet? Simply fill out this form to learn more and gain access: https://lnkd.in/esyaQ7GJ Greenlight Re I Lloyd's I Laure Kearns I Thomson Reuters #news #Lloyds #innovations #underwriting #insurance #exclusive #capacity #people #move