Castel Underwriting Agencies Limited (Castel), the club-style MGA formation platform, has today announced the appointment of Raoul Carlos as Head of Specialty as it structures its underwriting cells and MGAs into a number of centres of excellence focused on core classes of business.  Carlos will head up the Specialty Centre of Excellence and be responsible […]

Castel Underwriting Agencies Limited (Castel), the club-style MGA formation platform, has today announced the sale of Newbridge Risk Partners (Newbridge) to Optio for an undisclosed sum. Newbridge launched on the Castel MGA formation platform in 2015, writing a book of political violence and terrorism risks in emerging markets regions. The Newbridge team of Chris Kirby […]

While we are now under new majority ownership, Castel Underwriting Agencies Limited will continue to operate as an independent trading company and our business operations are unaffected.  We will maintain the strong relationships we have developed with our multiple capacity partners and continue to provide high quality infrastructure, services and capacity to the increasing number […]

Castel Specialty, a division of club-style MGA formation platform Castel Underwriting Agencies Limited, has entered the construction and engineering market with a new proposition primarily aimed at the UK, North American, Australia and Canada as well as other key territories. Heading up the new offering is Colin Rose, who has joined Castel from Beazley. Rose […]

Castel Specialty, the division of club-style MGA formation platform Castel Underwriting Agencies Limited that supports underwriters with niche business, has launched Square Pegs, an e-trade solution for brokers with complex and unusual small business risks. Square Pegs offers brokers access to a broad range of commercial coverage through a flexible online trading platform, enabling them […]