MGAA beefs up board by adding HDI Global, Harbour Underwriting executives

The  Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) has bolstered its board of directors with the appointment of two insurance market leaders from HDI Global Specialty and Harbour Underwriting.

Sharon Brown (pictured left), managing director of Harbour, and William Morris (pictured right), director of underwriting delegated authority UK at HDI Global Specialty SE, have joined the board of the MGAA at the association’s 11th Annual General Meeting.

Brown has been elected to join the board for a tenure of four years. She has over 30 years’ experience in the market. Prior to joining Harbour, an MGA specialising in provision of legal costs cover, Brown spent over eight years at Miles Smith Insurance Group working in a number of senior leadership positions.

Morris has been appointed to the board of the MGAA for the forthcoming year. He has over 25 years of experience in the wider insurance market, and presently oversees a diverse portfolio of delegated authority, including US commercial general liability (CGL) and property, UK liability, property and pet insurance, cyber and other specialty lines.

His previous roles include underwriting manager at Nuclear Risk Insurers, head of casualty underwriting UK branch, Generali, and director of underwriting at Zurich Municipal. Morris will add valuable insights from a carrier point of view and help to support the wider MGA and insurer dynamic, the MGAA said.

The association also re-elected Marco Del Carlo, founder and CEO at XS Assure, and Lyndsey Thompson, founder and operations director at Incorporated Insurance Group (IIGL) as MGAA board directors for a further four-year term.

Mike Keating, chief executive of MGAA, said: “Sharon and Will have significant market and MGA experience and have been committed supporters of the MGA community for some time.

“Association members write over £6bn in gross written premium in the UK annually and represent one of the fastest growing sectors of the UK insurance industry. The MGAA exists to promote and support this growth, relentlessly raise professional standards, drive engagement with brokers and support industry best practice – the addition of Sharon and Will to the board adds yet further strength and expert guidance to the Association.”

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