Recent Member News
(January, 9 2026 - Insurance Journal) CRC Group, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based wholesale specialty and MGA business, announced the completion of its acquisition of Atrium, the Lloyd’s managing agency.
(December 17, 2025) Starfish Specialty Insurance announced today that it has entered into a partnership with Peloton Capital Management to support its growth trajectory and position it to make strategic acquisitions. Starfish was launched in 2021 by Jeremy Hitzig along with co-founders Tom Lane, Margret McBurney, Michael Thabet, Brooks Chase and James Flynn. The investment will give Peloton a significant minority stake in the company alongside the founders. Since its launch, Starfish has steadily added underwriting teams and programs in multiple verticals: Community associations, Real Estate Investors, Aviation, Staffing/PEO’s and Crisis Response.
(December 11, 2025 - EINPresswire.com) Azur Technology, a UK-based insurtech company, has announced the opening of its U.S. headquarters in Washington, D.C., reinforcing its long-term commitment to the fast-growing U.S. Managing General Agent (MGA) and program business sector.
(November 12, 2025) District Cover, a tech-enabled insurance agency making insurance more accessible for businesses in America’s urban centers, today announced the close of a $6M funding round. The investment will fuel District Cover’s growth in team, product development, platform enhancements, strategic initiatives, and city partnerships that advance its mission of bringing broad, affordable coverage to underserved business communities.
(November 11, 2025 - Business Wire) Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: AMBC) today announces it has rebranded to Octave Specialty Group, Inc. (“Octave”), marking the next phase of its transformation into a leading specialty insurance platform. The company will begin trading under its new ticker symbol “NYSE: OSG” on November 20, 2025.
(October 28, 2025 - Insurance Business Magazine) AM Specialty Insurance Group has announced the promotion of Dominick Tassone Jr. to chief executive officer of AM Specialty Insurance Company (ASIC U.S.), effective Jan. 1, 2026.
(October 14, 2025) INTX Insurance Software, a provider of fully integrated core solutions for the entire P&C insurance policy lifecycle, today announced the launch of INTX ReinsureConnect, a cloud-native, AI-ready system that centralizes and streamlines ceded reinsurance operations across all lines of business for fronting carriers and carriers that rely on re-insurance.
(October 24, 2025 - Business Insurance) National Flood Insurance said Friday that its affiliate, Wright National Flood Insurance Services, an operating company of Arrowhead Programs, has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of private flood insurance providers Poulton Associates.
(October 7, 2025) Arrowhead Programs has announced the appointment of Christopher Pesce as executive vice president and member of its senior leadership team.
(October 7, 2025 - Forbes by Charlie Fink) Insurance is a $7 trillion business, but most of its professionals spend more time wrangling documents than weighing risk. San Francisco-based FurtherAI wants to change that, and Andreessen Horowitz just wrote a $25 million Series A check to speed it along. Y Combinator and Nexus Venture Partners also participated as well as insurance focused funds Xceedance and BTV, bringing total funding to $30 million.
(October 8, 2025) Insillion, a provider of Pay-as-you-Grow policy administration and claims software, today announced that its partnership with Functional Finance, the specialist billing system for insurance, has delivered a fully live and integrated solution for Managing General Agents (MGAs) and carriers.
(October 2, 2025 - Insurance Journal) Novacore, the specialty insurance managing general agent (MGA) formerly the U.S. commercial division of NSM Insurance Group, has agreed to acquire Minglewood Risk, an MGA specializing in habitational and real estate coverages.
(Reinsurance News - September 26, 2025) DB Insurance Co., Ltd., the second largest non-life insurer in South Korea, is set to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of The Fortegra Group, Inc., a US-based specialty insurer, for approximately $1.65 billion (approximately KRW 2.3 trillion) in cash, from Tiptree and Warburg Pincus.
(September 29, 2025) BriteCore, the leading provider of cloud-native core insurance solutions for P&C insurers and MGAs, today announced three major areas of product innovation designed to streamline insurance operations, lower costs, and harness the power of emerging technologies. These advancements—spanning claims, payment processing, and artificial intelligence—reinforce BriteCore’s commitment to helping carriers operate more efficiently, scale seamlessly, and deliver superior policyholder experiences.
(September 5, 2025 - Insurance Business Magazine) Oakbridge Insurance Agency LLC has entered into a new partnership with Mississippi-based Alliance Ag Risk Management, an agency specializing in agricultural and crop risk management.