It may have seemed like horrible timing when Susan Rivera was starting up a program business-focused MGA in late 2009, but there were several advantages to launching in the wake of a global financial crisis and about six years into a soft property and casualty insurance market, she says.

Number one answer is investing in software solutions and platform in the distribution space. With flat market conditions and fierce competition, investing in a flexible and adaptable distribution technology platform that can easily connect to the various delivery channels and easily connect all the channels to modern policy administration and...

First quarter renewals are no indicator of the direction the airline insurance market will take in 2011 due to the limited number of airlines renewing their insurance programs, an insurance broker’s report says.