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The firm is led by the former executive team of MGA Medici Facultative, headed by Henrik Webster.
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The MGA provides coverage to SMEs in the food, hospitality, leisure and hotel sectors.
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The business has hired former AGCS aviation underwriter Alistair Blundy as CEO.
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The hires will support the MGA’s recently launched cyber product in partnership with Travelers.
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The MGA has $15mn of capacity to underwrite UK public corporations and plans to expand into the US market.
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James Kench has over 14 years’ experience in global (re)insurance broking, climate risk and portfolio management.
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Nirvana Risk Partners was founded by Rob Jones in 2017 as a division of Castel Underwriting Agencies’ MGA formation platform.
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Reinsurance renewals were more orderly than feared and business plan resubmissions have a positive weighting.
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The MGA’s international platform hopes to bring in MGA underwriters looking for US expansion.
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The executive didn’t provide a target for the number of investments it expects to keep, but said SiriusPoint will not be an active acquirer in the near term.
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Argenta will be a cornerstone capacity provider to new MGA Casper, which will write $100mn in year one.
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The insurer has previously attempted a range of different options to manage down cat losses from the book.