Product Line Head (MGA)

Build Your Own Underwriting Business. Not Someone Else's Book.

Some underwriters want a job. Others want to build something.

• A portfolio.
• A team.
• A specialist proposition the market actually respects.

For the second type, keep reading.

The Opportunity

A well capitalised insurance group is launching a new MGA platform designed specifically for entrepreneurial underwriters.

Not a restrictive framework. Not a corporate cage. A platform built around a simple idea: Great underwriters should be able to build their own businesses. This is a chance to launch and grow your own specialist underwriting cell with the backing of a serious market player.

What Makes This Different

Most MGA platforms tell you how it works. This one asks how you want it to work. You'll be supported with the infrastructure needed to run an underwriting business - but you'll retain the freedom to build it properly.

Think:

• Your underwriting strategy
• Your specialist niche
• Your team
• Your brand

All supported by a platform that provides:

• Technology and operational infrastructure
• Compliance and regulatory framework
• Marketing support
• Back and middle office capability
• Access to capital and market relationships

So you can focus on what actually matters - writing great business.

Real Ownership

This isn't a salary move. It's a business building opportunity. The platform is open to flexible equity structures, including minority investment, allowing you to retain meaningful ownership of the business you create. Working capital support is available to help launch and scale the proposition. Because if you're going to build something valuable you should own part of it.

Who This Is For

This will appeal to underwriters who:

• Have a clear view of a specialist opportunity in the market
• Want the freedom to build a profitable portfolio their way
• Have the credibility to secure broker support and capacity
• Are thinking about legacy, not just their next move

You might be:

• A Lead or Senior Underwriter frustrated by corporate constraints
• A team with a book of business ready to build something of your own
• An experienced underwriter with a clear specialist niche strategy

Classes of Interest

The platform is deliberately broad in appetite. Opportunities are being considered across:

• London Market specialty lines
• Global niche classes
• Specialist UK opportunities

What matters most is a credible underwriting proposition and the ambition to build something meaningful.

First Conversations

At this stage, you don't need a full business plan. But you should have a view on:

• The market opportunity
• Potential GWP
• Capacity strategy
• The type of team you would build

Everything else can be shaped together.

One Final Thought

Most underwriting careers follow a familiar path:

• Move firm.
• Grow a book.
• Repeat.

This opportunity is different. It's about building a business that carries your name, your reputation and your underwriting philosophy. If that's something you've been thinking about let's talk.