Castel Underwriting Europe B.V. (Castel Europe), the European subsidiary of Castel Underwriting Agencies Limited (Castel), has today announced the acquisition of Arena N.V. (Arena), the Belgian-based specialist accident and health (A&H) MGA from StarStone Group for an undisclosed sum. Arena has been servicing a range of sports clubs and federations in Belgium for over 25 […]

Castel Underwriting Agencies Limited, has entered the renewable energy market with a new proposition primarily aimed at asset and revenue protection for wind and solar energy producers. Castel will underwrite a book of marine, construction and operating risks, business interruption, general liability, sabotage, terrorism and theft losses and natural catastrophe coverages. Garrod Hill, former Executive […]

Medical & Commercial International (MCI), a division of Castel Underwriting Agencies Ltd (Castel), has today completed a management buyout from the club-style MGA formation platform. MCI, a specialised casualty underwriting business, launched on the Castel MGA platform in 2015. Today it writes over $50m of annual gross written premium across its main classes: Life Sciences […]

Castel Underwriting Europe B.V. (Castel Europe), a subsidiary of Castel Underwriting Agencies Limited (Castel), the club-style MGA formation platform, has today  entered in an agreement with The Hartford to acquire the renewal rights for Navigators Europe, the trading name of the Bracht, Deckers & Mackelbert NV (BDM)/ASCO Continentale Verzekeringen NV (ASCO), Rotterdam marine business. The […]

Castel appoints Gert van Middelkoop as Head of Marine   5 June 2020 – Castel Underwriting Agencies Limited (Castel), the club-style MGA formation platform, has today announced the appointment of Gert van Middelkoop as head of its new Marine Centre of Excellence. Van Middelkoop is responsible for the development and oversight for a marine book of […]