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MGAs in Europe: can regulation keep pace with a fast-evolving business model?

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MGAs in Europe: can regulation keep pace with a fast-evolving business model?

By Eva-Maria Barbosa and Sophie-Dorothee Hartmann

Managing General Agents (MGAs) are becoming an increasingly important part of the European insurance distribution landscape, but the range of business models that operate under the MGA umbrella is very broad.

Lloyd's in Europe: coverholder business growing fast after 123 years

Lloyd's in Europe: coverholder business growing fast after 123 years

Ever since the pioneering Lloyd's underwriter, Cuthbert Heath, first granted a binding authority to his agent in Amsterdam, Alfred Schroder, in 1903, Lloyd's has played a key role in the development of Europe's delegated authority market.