Articles by Mike Keating
MGAA’s Keating on avoiding a ‘boom and bust’ cycle
Trade Voice: Mike Keating, CEO of the Managing General Agents’ Association, says MGAs must maintain underwriting disciple if they want to hold onto the hard-won strides of recent years.
MGAA’s Keating says insurers must hold their nerve on rates
Trade Voice: History tells us that a sensible, hard market is often followed by a more unruly soft market. Mike Keating, CEO of the Managing General Agents’ Association, urges insurers to not sacrifice technical underwriting on the altar of new business.
MGAA’s Keating on the need for more data sharing
Trade Voice: Mike Keating, CEO of the Managing General Agents’ Association, says data sharing is a two-way street and capacity providers need to be more open with MGAs.
Why the MGA sector will advance in 2024
Trade Voice: Mike Keating, CEO of the Managing General Agents' Association, argues MGAs are uniquely placed to meet the challenges that 2024 will bring.
Trade Voice: MGAA’s Mike Keating on why collaboration is key to delivering claims outcomes
Mike Keating, CEO of the Managing General Agents’ Association, examines why more than half of MGAs think improvements to claims processes are needed.
Trade Voice: MGAA’s Keating on why these are exciting times for MGAs
Mike Keating, CEO of the Managing General Agents Association, says the sector remains buoyant.
Trade Voice: MGAA’s Mike Keating on making insurance a more attractive career option
Mike Keating, chief executive of the MGA, says that the entire industry – and managing general agents in particular – need to work together to make careers in insurance more attractive to young people.
Trade Voice: MGAA’s Mike Keating on why the outlook for 2023 is positive
Mike Keating, CEO of the Managing General Agents Association, says that despite external challenges, MGAs continue to demonstrate their value to their insurer and broker partners.
Trade Voice: MGAA’s Mike Keating calls for more egalitarian relationships between insurers and MGAs
Mike Keating, CEO of the Managing General Agents’ Association, argues that it's time for insurers to recognise the contribution of MGAs to the insurance sector, and those that 'give away the pen' are reaping the rewards.
Trade Voice: MGAA's Mike Keating charts the course ahead for MGAs
Managing general agents' relative nimbleness, which served them well during the pandemic, as well as clever use of data are the keys for the sector moving forwards as insurers shift their expectations with the hardening market, says Managing General…