{"id":15863,"date":"2019-07-02T11:47:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T15:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/?p=58888"},"modified":"2019-07-02T11:47:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T15:47:29","slug":"mga-and-program-sector-continues-to-soar-conning-strategic-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2019\/07\/02\/mga-and-program-sector-continues-to-soar-conning-strategic-study\/","title":{"rendered":"MGA and Program Sector Continues to Soar: Conning Strategic Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<h3>New fronting carriers and MGA incubators fuel growth<\/h3>\n<p>Hartford, CT (June 27, 2019) \u2013 The Managing General Agent and Program market is continuing its growth and is solidly entrenched as a key business model for property-casualty business, according to a new study by Conning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe MGA market has nearly doubled since 2012 when Conning began tracking this sector,\u201d said Jerry Theodorou, a Vice President, Insurance Research at Conning. \u201cThe MGA market continued expanding in 2018 and early 2019, driven by numerous factors including MGA startups, insurers\u2019 quest for blocks of business, and investment from private equity and MGA incubator firms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Conning study, <em><strong>Managing General Agents: The Super Model of the Insurance Industry<\/strong><\/em>, presents the MGA marketplace dynamics, trends, players and outlook. Conning\u2019s proprietary MGA database includes current and historical information on more than 600 MGAs and 275 insurer groups that actively use the MGA channel. Additionally, Conning\u2019s 2019 proprietary survey of MGA executives provides context and insight into the challenges facing program business today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been new entrants utilizing the fronting model for MGA business,\u201d said Steve Webersen, Head of Insurance Research at Conning. \u201cWe also observe transformer models developing that are incorporating ILS or special purpose vehicles within the fronting approach that will deliver even more growth to the sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Managing General Agents: The Super Model of the Insurance Industry<\/em> is available for purchase from Conning \u2013 call (888) 707-1177 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conning.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.conning.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"smallhead\"><strong>About Conning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-body\">Conning is a leading investment management firm with a long history of serving the insurance industry. Conning supports institutional investors, including pension plans, with investment solutions and asset management offerings, risk modeling software, and industry research. Founded in 1912, Conning has investment centers in Asia, Europe and North America. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conning.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.conning.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"referencetext\">SOURCE: Conning<\/p>\n<p> Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/tag\/conning\/\" rel=\"tag\">Conning<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/tag\/mga\/\" rel=\"tag\">MGA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/2019\/07\/02\/conning-strategic-study-mga-program-sector\/\">Read the original article at Insurance-Canada.ca <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New fronting carriers and MGA incubators fuel growth Hartford, CT (June 27, 2019) \u2013 The Managing General Agent and Program market is continuing its growth and is solidly entrenched as a key business model&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}