Founded in 2006, Avid covers construction, social housing and leasehold, with additional capabilities in equine, motor sport, gadget, student contents and travel insurance. The firm is based in London ...

Howden Iberia head of markets Jordi Poveda has joined Iberian broker Sabseg, this publication understands. Based in Spain, Poveda joined Howden Iberia in 2014, and was managing director at Howden One ...

Firearms incidents account for tens of thousands of deaths in the US every year, and along with gaps in established insurance coverage, this is driving the growth of a specialist market to cater for ...

BMS and Price Forbes have secured two multi-hundred-million-premium public entity programs from the book of business that Alliant is looking to divert from Howden in the London market, this ...

Blackstone is already an equity investor in The Fidelis Partnership and led a debt financing round for the MGA in 2024. Its first syndicate deal was struck at the start of this year, through the AIG ...

Tom Baker has resigned from Markel to join the renewable energy team at MGA RiskPoint, Insurance Insider can reveal. Baker worked as director for sustainable energy at Markel, heading up the carrier’s ...

SiriusPoint has agreed to sell its 49% stake in MGA Arcadian to Lee Equity Partners for $139mn, or 16x the company’s earnings. The announcement comes after this publication revealed in January that ...

Samir Hemsi has been appointed at France-based MGA Aegist Specialty as CEO for Europe and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Hemsi moves from Westfield Syndicate, where he was CUO and on the ...

Hannover Re will raise its regular dividend to 55% of IFRS group net income, the company has announced. For comparison, the total dividend payout ratio for 2024 was 46% of group net income.

Career Returners' latest report – Career Returners Indicator – identified significant personal challenges of those surveyed, with 89% stating that being on a career break has negatively impacted their ...

RSA and commercial lines subsidiary NIG have rebranded to Intact Insurance in the UK, Ireland and Europe with plans to double the size of the business by 2030. The transition unites the companies ...

Acrisure Re has appointed former managing director David Sowrey to the new role of executive chair of international reinsurance, as of 1 January 2026. The broking business has also promoted Joel ...