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Month: January 2020

Castel appoints Carlos as Head of Specialty

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 division Newbridge Risk Partners acquired by Optio

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 […]