CS-29 - Starting and Running a Program: MGU and Carrier Views

Monday, November 6, 2023

2:45 PM – 3:45 PM PST

Location: Hollywood Ballroom (3rd Floor)

Moderator(s)

Ben Newton, FCAS, MAAA, MBA, RPLU

Chief Pricing Actuary - United States
Ryan Specialty

Speaker(s)

Eric E. Quinn, MBA, ARe, ARM, AU-M, ASLI

Senior Vice President
Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers
Kathy Guerville, FCAS (she/her/hers)

Deputy Chief Underwriting Officer
Ryan Specialty Group
Rebecca Hoffmann, FCAS, MAAA (she/her/hers)

Sr. Actuary
Nationwide Insurance

Delegated Authority premium has tripled in the past decade. Please join a panel discussion on the starting, running, and growing a managing general underwriter or a programs group at an insurance company. You will hear the perspectives of carriers, MGUs, underwriters, and actuaries as they work to drive profitable growth across a range of businesses.

Learning Objectives:

Explain the differences in incentives between delegated underwriting and carrier underwriting.
Get familiar with the differences between Programs/MGU/MGA/Delegated Authority.
Get familiar with the tradeoffs between launching a delegated authority business and an internally underwritten business
Explain the differences in incentives between delegated underwriting and carrier underwriting.