MGAA Annual Conference 2026

Specialty Insurance – Designed to Succeed.

Business Design Centre, 52 Upper St, London, N1 0QH

7th July 2026

This event has wrapped up. We look forward to welcoming you on 6th July 2027!

Relive the event and see if you can spot yourself by exploring our photo gallery and conference highlights video below.

Click here to revisit the agenda and speaker profiles, and don’t forget to check out the MGAA Awards 2026 winners and join us in celebrating their achievements.

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Highlights from the day

The MGAA Annual Conference is the flagship event in the MGA calendar, bringing together over 1,200 professionals from across the UK & ROI. As the only event dedicated to MGAs, it offers a unique platform for insight, collaboration, and high-value networking across the market.

It was great to see the market back together networking at the MGAA Annual Conference 2026. Delegates engaged in expert panel discussions and interacted with more than 140 valued MGAA Supplier members.

Who can attend:

All MGAA members
Non-member MGAs, Market Practitioners, and Brokers at the ticket price of £500 +VAT. Registrations will be verified by a member of the MGAA Executive Team before it is confirmed.

Please note: non-member service providers are not eligible to attend.

Who can exhibit:

Exhibition tables are available exclusively to MGAA Supplier members.

Check out the exhibitor list (to date) here.

Reflections on the

Day’s Sessions:

Insights and Takeaways

John Lloyd OBE, Chairman, McGill & Partners

Drawing on decades of experience building one of the world’s leading specialty insurance businesses, John shared his perspective on the fast-changing dynamics of the global insurance market, the opportunities for MGAs, and the leadership qualities required to thrive in an increasingly competitive and technology-driven environment.

Head-to-Head: As a Sector, What Do We Need to Design Now to Succeed in the Future?

The session served as a timely reminder that designing for success is not about predicting the future with certainty, but about building stronger businesses today. By combining specialist expertise with better data, disciplined underwriting, technology that genuinely enables people, and an unwavering focus on customer service, MGAs are well placed to continue leading innovation across the insurance market.

Tech Panel: AI Transition

Rather than debating whether AI will transform the industry – it already is – the discussion focused on how organisations can adopt AI in ways that genuinely improve businesses while protecting the expertise, relationships and culture that underpin the insurance market.

FCA Update with Andrew Ruddle

Andrew highlighted the four main priority areas set out in the FCA’s regulatory priorities report: improving consumer understanding, claims handling and service quality, supporting growth and innovation, simplifying regulation, and increasing access to insurance. He stressed that innovation and consumer protection should be viewed as complementary goals, rather than competing priorities.

Fireside Chat with David Bearman

With David’s focus on the primacy of talent, he was keen to point out that the insurance industry must do a better job of promoting itself to attract more school leavers and graduates.

Claims Panel: The Moment of Truth

The discussion opened with an assessment of the current claims experience. Despite continued investment, claims services remain an afterthought for many businesses, with technological transformation often focused elsewhere.

Celebrity Speaker: Jo Fairley, Co-Founder, Green & Black’s Chocolate

The MGAA Conference 2026 concluded its programme with an inspiring keynote from entrepreneur, author and broadcaster Jo Fairley, whose remarkable journey perfectly reflected this year’s conference theme, Specialty Insurance – Designed to Succeed.