🎙️In this short clip from MGAA Conversations Episode 26, Caroline Wagstaff, CEO of the London Market Group (LMG) discusses the London Market with MGAA CEO Michael Keating. And it’s good news 🙌 early indications from LMG data reveals that the market is in very robust health and that there is significant growth, including in employment! But as Caroline says, the sector can't rest on its laurels just yet. "Here is a jewel in the crown of UK financial services, a market that has been in London and has been successful and been a global leader for 350 years, but we can't rest on our laurels…. There are lots of other global insurance markets who are keen to take London Market business.” 🎧 Listen to the full episode here and gain a fresh perspective on what’s shaping the London Market’s next chapter 👇 https://lnkd.in/eknUahkW
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The Managing General Agents' Association (MGAA) is a UK-based not for profit organisation dedicated to representing true MGAs in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Formed in 2011, the MGAA also aims to provide a better understanding of what MGAs are and the contribution they make to the insurance industry. We work within the professional framework of the Chartered Insurance Institute and our members sign the MGAA Code of ethics. The MGAA currently has 170 full members representing over £6.1bn of underwriting capacity. They are joined by 43 market practitioner members and 99 supplier members. The board of elected directors leads the organisation. In addition, five separate committees deliver benefits for members with a clear aim of shaping the future of delegated underwriting.
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Market Briefing: How API-Driven Insurance Models are Transforming Distribution 📢 Calling all members who are interested in exploring how API-driven insurance models are transforming distribution, reducing operational costs and enhancing customer experience across the MGA landscape. Join us for next week’s webinar, where Root’s CEO Charlotte Koep and the firm’s Head of Growth UK Oliver Evans will discuss how API-first architecture is enabling MGAs to launch new products faster, integrate seamlessly with partners and deliver embedded insurance solutions. 📍 Online 🕐 13:00-14:00 📅 3 December 2025 💻 Register here: https://lnkd.in/dHWg7QYy #APIs #EmbeddedInsurance #MGAs #MarketBriefing
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📰 Stay informed with all the latest news and perspectives from the MGAA, our members, and partner organisations with MGAA News! Here are some of the latest updates and articles from across the MGAA community: 🗞️News: Complex medical repatriations for travel insurance customers on the rise - The growing number of travel insurance customers setting off abroad with multiple health conditions is increasing the demand for and complexity of medical repatriations, Charles Taylor Assistance reports: https://lnkd.in/erb3inw7 💭 Thought Leadership: DA Strategy: Strategic First, Scalable always - A smarter path for specialist MGAs - DA Strategy discuss the next wave of MGAs as we head into 2026 and what distinguishes this cohort: https://lnkd.in/e_Fs3SdC 📝Blog: E-Zee Insurance Solutions: Unlocking the potential of ProductWriter - e-Zee Insurance Solutions Ltd discuss the Polaris UK Limited Product Writer and business strategy: https://lnkd.in/eTuw2GbJ Keep up-to-date on all the latest MGA developments via the MGAA website https://mgaa.co.uk/news/ #MGANews #Insurance #MGAAMembers #MGAs #MedicalInsurance #BusinessStrategy
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Did you attend our recent Autumn Forum? Simon Fenn, Co-Founder and Director of Pancentric Digital did - here are his key takeaways from the panel. ✅ As e-bikes are now part of the transport ecosystem, AI is increasingly available and operationally credible in the policy admin space. ✅ AI is releasing valuable members of small MGA teams into more value added activities. Thanks for sharing Simon 👏🏼 Did you attend our Autumn Forum? We would love to hear what your main takeaway was? 👀 Comment below 👇🏼or share your thoughts in a post with the hashtag #AutumnForum👌🏼 #ArtificialIntelligence #Insurance #MGAs #eBikes
E-biked home after an excellent panel event in the City last night on the Role of AI & Data in the MGA space (especially in a soft market). Many thx to Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) for laying on the event. Main takeaway - it's time to stop peddling the old ways! As e-bikes are now to the transport ecosystem, #AI is increasingly available and operationally credible in the policy admin space, joining up and making light work of siloed, time-consuming, inefficient, everyday tasks, dramatically cutting admin times and doing it at a fraction of the cost. And, the big bonus, AI is releasing valuable members of small MGA teams into more value-add activity. Making their work life better, happier with benefits to team retention too. #AI is here & now. The benefits are here & now. That was the rallying call last night. All MGA CEOs should take note. And in a soft market it enables more volume to keep pace with revenue goals. And our Go-Insur PAS team agrees. We're actively deploying AI with clients, especially focussed right now on 'submission ingestion' in complex specialty lines, tackling the high friction tedium of rekeying long proposal form data into PAS/backoffice systems. It can now be done in seconds with close to 100% accuracy rate on typed forms provided by brokers, accuracy rate slightly less if handwritten. And the benefit of course is an increasing resource of structured data to inform future risk assessment, quoting and portfolio optimisation. Excellent panel contributions last night from Gavin Lillywhite Tim Quayle Matt Chaplin Nasri EL-Sayegh and of course Michael Keating. Great to chat Julia Coakley David Kelly Orlana Evans Jordan Hammond #digitaltransformation #MGAs #insurance #policyadministration Dino Bertolis thought you'd appreciate the e-bike plug 😁 Steve Newton Edward Woodham-Smith Greg Horner
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⭐Standing united for a great cause ⭐ Today is the day - the MGAA is a proud supporter of Insurance Day for Dementia (IDFD) - insurance colleagues come join us! Today, 27 November 2025 marks IDFD, the flagship annual fundraising event for the Insurance United Against Dementia (IUAD) campaign. The day is an opportunity for the sector to come together once again to shine a light on dementia among colleagues. Last year, more than 1,800 people from 65 insurance businesses took part, raising over £245,000 to support Alzheimer's Society’s life-changing work. This year the organisation is aiming to make the day even more impactful, and would love for you to be part of it. With around half of the 300,000 plus people working in the insurance industry affected by dementia, your involvement will not only unite you with colleagues across the market but also help increase understanding, connect staff through a shared purpose, and highlight vital services for those who may need support. Get involved today by: 💷Making a corporate donation. ⌛Encourage staff fundraising activities. 🫱🏻🫲🏻Participate in IUAD-led activities such as Lunch and Learn. 👀Raise awareness internally by sharing stories and resources. Full details and sign-up information can be found here: https://lnkd.in/eGfRrpDi #IDFD2025 #InsuranceUnitedAgainstDementia #AlzhiemersSociety
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Amazing to hear such positive feedback following last week’s MGAA Autumn Forum 2025 - Consistency in the Soft Market - The Role of AI & Data! It was an absolute pleasure to host our panel speakers and audience members - we hope you all found hearing about the latest market insights and AI overviews as captivating as we did, with insights such as 👇 🔮Emerging technologies enable unprecedented insights into risk and portfolio management ⏱️ In a soft market, every second of efficiency becomes critical due to increased market competition 💻 There is an economic advantage of AI - noting that its costs decrease at scale while human headcount costs remain constant But just because the event is over doesn’t mean the conversation has to stop 👀 We’re keeping discussions going and want to hear your perspective on where AI and data can make the biggest impact for MGAs and where it is falling short - simply leave us a comment below 👇🏼 #ArtificialIntelligence #DataFirst #MGAs #TheArtofThePossible Huge thanks to our speakers and our host MGAA CEO Michael Keating Matt Chaplin, AXA Nasri EL-Sayegh, Unitary Tim Quayle, OneAdvent Gavin Lillywhite, Xceedance
Strategic Executive Leader helping the insurance industry reduce cost of capital, inefficiency-driven opportunity cost and maximise return on equity. Passing it forward as a CII Mentor
Thank you to Michael Keating and the Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) Team for giving me and my Xceedance colleagues the chance to join last night’s Autumn Forum panel where we discussed ‘Consistency in a soft market - the role of AI & Data’. And great to meet some new acquaintances; if we didn’t get a chance to connect, please do send me a LI invitation A number of core topics discussed including anticipated depth & longevity of the soft market, the quality of current data provisioning and using AI to navigate a soft market. And my parting thought; ‘direction and change should come from the top, where do you want to be in this cycle and the next, and how does AI fit into that to help profitability over the cycle?’ And thank you to my esteemed panel members Matt Chaplin Tim Quayle & Nasri EL-Sayegh , and of course, to the audience - I hope you found it insightful; a rounded debate… What are your thoughts, views, challenges? Please add to the discussion below…..👇 #insurance #mga #ai
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The warmest of welcomes to our newest member OIP Insurtech 👋 OIP Insurtech is a technology-driven provider specialising in insurance process automation and software solutions. The team collaborates with carriers, MGAs, brokers, programme managers, and TPAs across the US, Canada, and Europe, helping them modernise operations with cutting-edge technology and rapid integration in specialty, property & casualty, and broader insurance markets. Their core offerings include: ✅ intelligent automation ✅ custom software development ✅ underwriting services ✅ technology staffing to enhance client capabilities OIP Insurtech combines deep industry expertise with AI-powered automation to optimise workflows, enabling faster, smarter underwriting and claims processing. It has a strong integration with Insurity’s cloud platforms to ensure seamless scalability. For more information about OIP Insurtech visit https://lnkd.in/g_Vv44Ew
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We are delighted to share that the Insurance Times MGA Report 2025/26 has been published - your first at-a-glance guide to trading, created for brokers by brokers🙌 An impressive total of 1,673 brokers from across the UK took part in this year’s survey, each one rating the overall service provided to them by their MGA partners over the past 12-month business period. This is the sixth year that Insurance Times has conducted the MGA survey - which we proudly support - and includes an easy to understand Five Star System ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ To access the report, executive summary, and the dedicated microsite - which provides an overall broker star rating, detailed feedback, and a new section focused on 'broker support' for the year ahead - click on the link below 👇 https://lnkd.in/edRKXGGi #MGARatingReport2025 #MGAs #Brokers #BrokerSurvey #UKInsurance
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👋🏼 A warm welcome to our newest member Darwin Innovation Group! Darwin is a specialist MGA providing insurance solutions for new technology trials across the Connected Autonomous Vehicle (CAV), aviation, and marine sectors 🛰🚢🚘✈ As the operator of the UK’s longest-running CAV service, Darwin combines deep technical expertise with real-world operational data to deliver innovative, data-driven insurance products. In collaboration with Aviva, Darwin created the first insurance solution for Connected Autonomous Vehicles, introducing a dynamic pricing model that adjusts premiums in real time based on performance and usage data. The success of this approach led to the deployment of Darwin’s models into the aviation and marine industries, where dynamic pricing enables fairer and more adaptive insurance for emerging technologies. Darwin’s team draws on extensive experience across telecommunications, satellite systems, automotive, aviation, and marine industries. Find out more about Darwin here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gGThCs9B
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🎙️ MGAA Conversations Episode 26 has landed 🎙️ In this episode, host Michael Keating sits down with Caroline Wagstaff, CEO of the London Market Group (LMG), for a candid and insightful discussion on the health, competitiveness, and long-term future of the London insurance market. Together they explore: 📣 How the LMG champions the collective voice of the London Market 🤝 The importance of attracting and nurturing new talent 🙌 The success of initiatives such as the Lime Street Festival and shared talent pools 🌐 Why positioning insurance as a force for social good is vital for the market’s future 🎧 Listen to the full episode here and gain a fresh perspective on what’s shaping the London Market’s next chapter 👇 https://lnkd.in/eknUahkW We hope you enjoy the episode!
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