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Avid Insurance partners with Starr to expand into Groundworkers, Motorsport and Leisure sectors
21 June 2025
Avid Insurance, the specialist MGA, has today announced a new partnership with Starr, a global insurance and investment organization, that will provide fresh underwriting capacity across three specialist liability lines: Groundworkers, Motorsport, and Leisure.
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Avid partners with MS Amlin on leasehold product
12 May 2025
Specialist managing general agent Avid Insurance has partnered with MS Amlin Insurance to provide capacity in the public sector ‘right to buy’ the leasehold insurance market.
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New Hires and Regional Expansion at Avid Insurance
05 July 2024
Avid Insurance, the specialist MGA, has boosted its headcount by 20% with six new hires, including four underwriters in its construction division, during the last few months to meet its growth ambitions.
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Allianz Partners UK partners with Avid Insurance as new capacity provider
09 May 2023
Allianz Partners UK (AzP UK), a leader in B2B2C insurance and assistance, has been selected by specialist MGA, Avid Insurance, as its new capacity provider and will now underwrite travel policies sold by Avid through its network of partners.
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Avid Insurance gunning for ‘strong growth’ post-Covid
04 March 2022
Prices are hardening because of Covid according to Avid’s head of personal lines
Specialist MGA, Avid Insurance is targeting “strong growth” by the end of next year following the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions as the travel insurance market gears up.
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Avid’s Stephen Gibson on the five criteria that will define a successful MGA
09 September 2021
After a challenging few years the managing general agents sector has looked at itself in the mirror and, buoyed by the hardening market, is in good position to grow following the pandemic, says Stephen Gibson, CEO of Avid Insurance Services.
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Interview: A niche focus
09 April 2021
Sian Barton from Insurance Age meets the team at specialist managing general agent Avid Insurance.
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Avid Insurance makes first acquisition with deal to buy IIGL
02 March 2021
Avid Insurance Services Ltd (Avid) has acquired specialist construction MGA Incorporated Insurance Group Ltd (IIGL). The transaction sees London and Leeds-based Avid take a majority stake in IIGL, increasing the GWP of the business that is currently written each year to circa £75m.
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