Beyond the Text: Managing General Agents - Reconfiguring the Value Chain?
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Beyond the Text: Managing General Agents - Reconfiguring the Value Chain?
Another year of double-digit MGA growth would normally be the headline. But is that growth pointing to something bigger?
In this episode of Beyond the Text, host Alyssa Gittleman sits down with Alan, author of Conning's latest Strategic MGA Study, Managing General Agents: Reconfiguring the Value Chain?, to explore how the property-casualty insurance market is evolving beyond the numbers.
Their conversation examines whether underwriting expertise, technology, data, capital, and insurance infrastructure are becoming increasingly specialized—and what those trends could mean for the future organization of the insurance industry. From the growing role of fronting carriers and more portable underwriting platforms to changing capital relationships and the importance of underwriting discipline, the discussion explores the forces reshaping today's insurance ecosystem.
Rather than offering definitive conclusions, this episode invites listeners to consider a broader question: Is the continued growth of MGAs revealing a fundamental shift in how insurance value is created and delivered?
Listen to hear how these trends may influence insurers, MGAs, reinsurers, and capital providers in the years ahead.
In this episode of Beyond the Text, host Alyssa Gittleman sits down with Alan, author of Conning's latest Strategic MGA Study, Managing General Agents: Reconfiguring the Value Chain?, to explore how the property-casualty insurance market is evolving beyond the numbers.
Their conversation examines whether underwriting expertise, technology, data, capital, and insurance infrastructure are becoming increasingly specialized—and what those trends could mean for the future organization of the insurance industry. From the growing role of fronting carriers and more portable underwriting platforms to changing capital relationships and the importance of underwriting discipline, the discussion explores the forces reshaping today's insurance ecosystem.
Rather than offering definitive conclusions, this episode invites listeners to consider a broader question: Is the continued growth of MGAs revealing a fundamental shift in how insurance value is created and delivered?
Listen to hear how these trends may influence insurers, MGAs, reinsurers, and capital providers in the years ahead.
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