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For Underwriting Agencies/
MGAs

Practical, hands-on support to strengthen underwriting capability, governance and capacity confidence

KEY SERVICES

Start-Up & Growth Support

Laying the foundations for sustainable underwriting growth.

  • Build out underwriting functions for new lines, regions or products

  • Act as fractional Head of Underwriting to design team, workflows & reporting lines

  • Provide portfolio due diligence for acquisitions or capacity transitions

  • Support early-stage underwriting training and appetite calibration for new teams

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Delegated Authority Design

Building confidence with capacity providers and regulators.

  • Define & document delegated authority arrangements across brokers & underwriters

  • Create underwriting manuals, bordereaux structures & audit-ready processes

  • Establish authority triggers and escalation protocols that reflect your risk appetite

  • Align governance documentation with capacity agreements to strengthen renewal confidence

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Underwriting Health Diagnostic

Revealing strengths, gaps and growth opportunities before renewal.

  • Review underwriting discipline, authority structure and broker mix

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  • Assess portfolio performance alignment and loss ratio trends

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  • Identify capability or governance risks that could erode capacity confidence

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  • Provide actionable insights and presentation-ready summaries for board or capacity discussions​​

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Operational Efficiency

Simplifying process, strengthening consistency.

  • Redesign underwriting workflows, referral pathways and pricing checks

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  • Build decision playbooks to embed consistency across regions or teams

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  • Integrate appetite clarity into onboarding and ongoing underwriter training

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  • Embed performance feedback loops that connect operations to outcomes

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Capability & Training Support

Developing disciplined, confident underwriters.

  • Deliver tailored underwriting training programs that connect data, governance and commercial judgment

  • Coach teams on authority use, appetite alignment and portfolio stewardship

  • Build capability roadmaps that turn guidelines into confident, real-world decision-making

  • Run appetite and authority workshops designed for MGA and Coverholder environments

Training that builds confidence, consistency and capacity trust.

Claims & Product Feedback Loops

Turning experience into improvement.

  • Link claims outcomes to pricing & risk selection decisions

  • Align policy wordings, pricing logic and broker communication to reduce ambiguity

  • Support product refreshes and appetite refinement based on performance trends

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