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Earnix: Insurance-Native AI – The Missing Ingredient Powering MGA Agility
The UK MGA sector has become one of insurance's great success stories. Across commercial, personal and specialty lines, MGAs often outperform the wider market by doing what they have always done best: spotting opportunities early, entering specialist niches, responding quickly to emerging risks and bringing innovative products to market faster than traditional insurers. Their success often isn't built on scale - it's built on agility.
10th July 2026
Clean data and AI go hand in hand: Key takeaways from MGAA’s breakfast briefing with Azur Technology
The MGAA welcomed a fantastic turnout of members and industry leaders to its recent breakfast briefing with Azur Technology, held at the Lloyd’s Old Library. Discussions from the panel revolved around helping MGAs to cut through the Artificial Intelligence (AI) hype and unlock its real value, while maintaining human interaction.
23rd April 2026
HF: Claims Trends You Need to Know in 2026
AI HF sees 2026 as a pivotal year in the implementation of AI into insurance processes, including claims handling. Some key developments our experts are monitoring are the use of predictive analytics to spot and manage claims trends and enable data-driven decision making, process automation and implementing agentic AI which can take initiative, carry...
16th February 2026
ClaimSorted: Why Claims TPAs Need to Combine Automation with Exceptional Claims Talent
For MGAs, selecting a claims TPA is no longer just an operational decision, it is a strategic one. Claims outcomes directly influence customer retention, regulatory confidence, and ongoing capacity support. As automation and AI become embedded in claims handling, the most effective TPAs are those that combine advanced technology with deep claims expertise, rather than...
16th February 2026
Xceedance, AI in Action: AI helping MGAs to bring value and innovate, but guardrails are necessary
In the early 1980s, Artificial Intelligence (AI) in insurance began with simple, basic rule-based automation for data processing. Since then, however, it has evolved substantially. Fast forward to the present day, and AI has now transformed into Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), machine learning, real-time insights, advanced chatbots and AI Agents which support various...
27th January 2026
Root: 2026 Outlook – Why API-Driven Architecture Is the Key to Unlocking AI for MGAs
By Cameron Parsons, Head of Business Development, Root A live poll taken during Root’s recent MGAA Market Briefing How API-Driven Insurance Models are Transforming Distribution indicated a striking truth about the MGA market: half of MGAs are still at the very beginning of their digital and API transformation journey. Forty per cent of leaders said...
9th January 2026
Practical AI in claims: how RDT is delivering real cost reduction for MGAs
Artificial intelligence has moved rapidly from industry buzzword to operational necessity in insurance claims. For MGAs the focus is no longer on experimentation or proof of concept, but on how AI can be applied practically to reduce claims handling costs while maintaining control, consistency and service quality. At RDT, we work closely with MGAs to...
9th January 2026
Intersys: A New Year’s Resolution for MGAs – Bring Shadow AI Under Governance Control
By Matthew Geyman, Managing Director, Intersys MGAs enter 2026 in an environment defined by contradictory forces: the promise of AI-enabled efficiency, and the escalating operational, regulatory and cyber risks that accompany it. Few innovations have permeated the market as quickly as generative AI. Since 2022, AI tools have become embedded in underwriting, triage, bordereaux cleansing,...
9th January 2026
Inari: AI Build vs. Buy – Smarter Underwriting Software Decisions for MGAs
AI has moved quickly from buzzword to boardroom priority across the insurance market. For MGAs, the real question is no longer whether to adopt AI, but where it genuinely adds real value to underwriting, and who should realistically build and maintain those capabilities, given the cost, complexity, and ongoing effort required. In practice, since AI...
9th January 2026
Encora: From Challenge to Change – AI Applications Transforming Insurance
By Marc Hollyoak, Head of AI Practice – Encora Europe The insurance industry stands at a pivotal crossroads. While approximately 75% of insurers now use Generative AI, only 13% have achieved enterprise-scale deployment. This disparity reveals the fundamental challenge facing the sector: moving beyond pilot projects to systematic transformation. Early adopters are reporting returns on...
9th January 2026
Earnix: New Research Shows AI Adoption Has Entered the Early Majority – Are MGAs Ready?
By Andrew How, Director of EMEA Insurance, Earnix Artificial intelligence is no longer an abstract or experimental concept for the insurance sector; it is now embedded in core decision-making processes and is scaling rapidly. The upcoming Earnix 2026 Industry Trends Report, drawing on the views of more than 400 global insurance executives, confirms that the...
9th January 2026
Unitary: The MGA Automation Framework
Growing volumes, tighter margins, and rising broker expectations are testing even the most agile MGAs. While AI and automation promise relief, many initiatives fail to deliver measurable impact - often adding cost and complexity instead.
13th November 2025
GIC Re Syndicate Partners with Scrub AI for AI-Driven Exposure Data Cleaning
Scrub AI is pleased to announce that GIC Re Syndicate 1947, a Lloyd’s syndicate established by General Insurance Corporation of India, has adopted its AI-driven data-cleaning platform to automatically clean, validate, and transform location data. SOVs (Schedules of Values) arrive at syndicates like GIC Re from brokers and insurers across the globe, each in...
3rd October 2025
From Data Fragmentation to the Single Customer View
Insurance has always been built on information. Every application, quote, policy, mid-term adjustment and claim generates data that could transform how Managing General Agents (MGAs) compete.
1st October 2025
Scrub AI: Which type of AI fits your workflow?
Part of Scrub AI’s series for the insurance market, this article breaks down the different types, from Machine Learning (ML) to Generative (GenAI), and shows where each can add value in real workflows. A clear read that makes it easier to pick the right AI for the job, and might just make your next AI...
13th August 2025