The Age of the MGA Podcast is the definitive playbook to learn how to build, operate, scale and invest in MGAs—told by the entrepreneurs, operators, and capital partners driving the industry forward. Each episode brings together the most elite founders, investors, and experts to give you a behind-the-scenes look at what it really takes to build and grow a high-performing MGA—from your first dollar of premium to operational scale.
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S1E15 | The 3 Things Every MGA Founder Must Master to Survive and Scale feat. Amit Verma
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1:02:36Most MGA founders fail before they ever hit $10M in premium. Why? Because they never master the three things that matter most: distribution, product, and capacity. In this episode of The Age of the MGA Podcast, Amit (actuary, founder, advisor, and all-around industry legend) breaks down the brutal truths, tactical frameworks, and hard-won lessons t…
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S1E14 | How Rainbow Turned One of the Hardest Insurance Classes Into a Scalable MGA Powerhouse
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1:00:46What kind of MGA founder bets everything on restaurants — the most distressed, hardest-to-place class in insurance? Meet Bobby Touran, CEO & Co-Founder of Rainbow. When COVID hit, restaurants were collapsing. Carriers were exiting. Capacity was disappearing. Every signal said: stay away. But Rainbow leaned in. They built an admitted product in a ni…
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S1E13 | From wearables startup to $85M MGA: How he built one of the fastest-scaling MGAs in the industry feat. Adam Price, CEO, Kinetic
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1:06:26What if preventing injuries was just the starting point—and building an $85M MGA was the real story? In this episode of The Age of the MGA Podcast, we sit down with Adam Price, CEO of Kinetic, who shares how an aerospace engineer turned a wearable device company into one of the fastest-growing MGAs in workers’ comp. From pivoting away from hardware…
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S1E12 | The $1B MGA Built on Broker Trust feat. Nick Wright (Pen Underwriting)
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1:17:39They said MGAs couldn’t scale. Nick Wright didn’t just prove them wrong—he helped build a £1bn gross written premium (GWP) book to make sure they never said it again. If you’re building, investing in, or operating an MGA… stop what you’re doing and watch this. This episode is a tactical masterclass in what it actually takes to build a durable, defe…
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S1E11 | They Invented a New Insurance Category: Inside the MGA Power Move at PlaceCovr - feat. Bob Clark and Diane Coogan
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1:13:12Imagine getting a check in the mail just because your town got more expensive or less safe. This week on The Age of the MGA Podcast, we sit down with the founders of PlaceCovr, an MGA that’s launching a brand-new category of insurance: Location Insurance. It’s parametric. It’s data-driven. And it’s built to protect homeowners from the hidden costs …
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S1E10 | Parametric Insurance at Scale: How NormanMax Is Reinventing Embedded Risk - feat. Samuel Broomer
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1:10:01Ready to learn how parametric insurance is being re-engineered for the mainstream? In this episode of The Age of the MGA Podcast, we sit down with Samuel Broomer, President of Embedded Parametric Solutions for NormanMax, to explore the massive unlock happening in the MGA space. Sam breaks down how they’re converting complex parametric products into…
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Ep. 9 | Why most MGAs fail before they launch...and how to build one that wins. feat. David Gritz, Co-Founder, InsurtechNY
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1:00:34Want to launch a successful MGA in 2025? Before you pitch a reinsurer or raise a dime, watch this. In this episode of The Age of the MGA Podcast, we sit down with David Gritz—co-founder of InsurtechNY and the InsurTech Fund. He’s helped launch 80+ InsurTech startups and runs the only accelerator built specifically for digital MGAs. Inside this conv…
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Ep. 8 | What if your MGA was built like a Silicon Valley tech company? feat. Jacob Landman, Co-Founder, Carma Cannabis Insurance
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1:00:09Would you trust a frustrated cannabis operator to disrupt the insurance space? Jacob Landman did more than just trust—he became the operator-turned-MGA-founder who’s taking on the outdated, exclusion-ridden mess that defines most cannabis insurance programs. And in this episode, he breaks down exactly how he’s doing it. From building proprietary un…
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Ep. 7 | Why Thore Was Built As a Reciprocal Exchange MGA — And What Most Founders Still Get Wrong - feat. Johnathan Yazdani, Thore Underwriters
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1:10:14What if writing a billion dollars in premium was actually the easy part? In this episode of The Age of the MGA Podcast, we sit down with Johnathan Yazdani, CEO and co-founder of Thore Underwriters — a reciprocal exchange + MGA hybrid designed from the ground up to remove bias in claims, plug tech into execution, and rethink how underserved markets …
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Ep. 6 | The MGA Boom Is Real...But Most Insiders Are Reading the Data Wrong - feat. William Pitt, Partner, Lexicon Associates
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1:04:30MGAs are on fire. But is the growth hype real? In this episode, the hosts sit down with William Pitt from Lexicon Associates – one of the foremost researchers on the MGA, fronting carrier, and delegated authority space globally. William unpacks the latest data, trends, and real talk behind the explosive rise of MGAs in the U.S., U.K., Europe, and b…
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Ep. 5 | Why MGAs Are Flocking to This Conference That Banned Thought Leadership feat. Chris Luiz
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43:23🎙️ What happens when you build an event for MGAs, founders, and VCs—and intentionally ban the fluff? In this episode of The Age of the MGA Podcast, we sit down with Chris Luiz, CEO of Scout Insurtech, to unpack how a grassroots meetup in Ohio evolved into one of the most respected and deal-focused platforms in the insurance space. From 60-second fo…
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Ep. 4 | Building a 10X MGA: Inside the iTOO Success Story with Justin Naylor, CEO—A Visionary MGA Leader
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1:17:24What does it take to scale a specialty MGA from startup to market leader across 10 African countries? This week on The Age of the MGA, we sit down with Justin Naylor, CEO of iTOO Specialty Risks, to uncover the secrets behind one of the most inspiring MGA growth stories in the world. From mastering distribution through brokers, to launching cutting…
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Ep. 3 | They Built the First Fertility Insurance MGA (Flora)—and Made It Affordable for Millions feat. Dr. Christy Lane and Laura McDonald
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1:27:06🎙️ Welcome to the Age of the MGA—Where the Future of Insurance Is Being Written. In this episode, we sit down with Laura McDonald and Dr. Christy Lane, the founders of Flora, the world’s first fertility insurance MGA. These two powerhouse entrepreneurs are redefining what it means to build a category-defining product—one that blends personal missio…
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Ep. 2 | She Didn’t Just Build a Cyber MGA — She Invented an Entirely New Category, feat. Kirsten Bay, Co-Founder & CEO of Cysurance
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1:18:15🎙️ Welcome to the Age of the MGA—Where the Future of Insurance Is Being Written. In this episode, the crew sits down with Kirsten Bay, Co-Founder and CEO of Cysurance—a bold force rewriting the rules of cyber insurance with a model that fuses prevention, warranty, and embedded risk protection. This isn't your typical "cyber MGA" story. It’s a maste…
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Ep. 1 | From Zero to Niche Reinsurance MGA Powerhouse: Inside the Untold Story of Ladder Re - feat. Charles Decrucq and Andrew Matczak
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1:14:19🎙️ Welcome to the Age of the MGA—Where the Future of Insurance Is Being Written. In this premiere episode, Dylan, Doug, and Peter sit down with Ladder Re co-founders Charles Decrucq and Andrew Matczak to dissect the real story behind building a niche reinsurance MGA from scratch. This isn’t your typical origin story. It’s raw. Tactical. Bootstrappe…
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Teaser "Trailer" Episode — The Age of the MGA Podcast Begins: What It Is, Who It’s For, and Why It Matters
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8:33🎙️ Welcome to the Age of the MGA—Where the Future of Insurance Is Being Written. In this teaser episode, Doug, Dylan, and Peter pull back the curtain on why they launched this podcast—and why now is the defining moment in the evolution of the MGA model. If you’re building, scaling, investing in, or operating within the MGA ecosystem… this show is f…
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