Bishop Road Underwriters has revealed a brand new collaborative enterprise with Topsail Reinsurance.

This partnership sees Topsail Re present advantages to managing common brokers (MGAs) and program directors throughout the community. It should provide most well-liked capability and entry to Topsail Re’s underwriting and administrative proficiency.

Moreover, this initiative is designed to spice up the event of latest major, fronting, and reinsurance service relationships, facilitating the growth of present packages, the introduction of latest merchandise and packages, and the acquisition of underwriting groups.

Bishop Road primarily collaborates with entrepreneurs, operators, and underwriters throughout specialised property and casualty (P&C) markets. Launched final yr with management from CEO Chad Levine and president Chad Weber, Bishop Road advantages from the backing of RedBird Capital Companions.

Levine, with a historical past of management roles at Aon, together with as Aon Affinity’s chief technique officer, has a observe document in progress planning and execution inside Aon’s portfolio of North American specialty insurance coverage packages.

Levine expressed enthusiasm concerning the partnership with Topsail Re, emphasizing the strategic use of capability to assist the expansion of platform companions and the importance of most well-liked capability for MGAs.

“Topsail Re is the best first associate for Bishop Road as we proceed working with MGAs within the specialty P&C industrial area and is a transparent differentiator within the market,” Levine stated.

In the meantime, Weber brings expertise as a former managing director at Man Carpenter’s North America treaty apply, the place he was instrumental in main reinsurance placements and managing relationships with international insurance coverage carriers and MGAs.

Weber famous the synergy between RedBird’s historical past of firm improvement throughout the insurance coverage sector, together with Constellation Affiliated Companions, and Bishop Road’s multi-boutique platform mannequin.

“The Topsail Re staff acknowledged the potential of what we’re constructing, and we’re excited to work collectively to capitalize on this specialised section,” Weber stated.

Topsail Re CEO David Johnson and managing director Tom Gubash additionally expressed the corporate’s dedication to supporting Bishop Road’s numerous vary of companions with crucial underwriting, distribution capabilities, and capital throughout specialty strains.

“For Topsail Re, this partnership with Bishop Road and RedBird is in direct response to 2 key components: our present companions persistently requesting strategic progress capital along with our risk-capital (reinsurance) capability options, in addition to our need to repeatedly evolve alongside our shoppers by increasing the breadth of our capabilities and partner-first options,” they stated.

Following the three way partnership’s institution, Johnson and not too long ago appointed Topsail Re chief technique officer & government vp Christopher Miller will be a part of the Bishop Road board of administrators, with Gubash serving as a board observer.

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