Age of the MGA Podcast
Episodes
S1E19 | Target Markets Inside the Deal Room: Where MGAs Are Actually Built, Funded, and Scaled
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most people think MGAs are built in boardrooms, pitch decks, or Slack channels.They’re not.They’re built in rooms like Target Markets.In this on-l...
S1E18 | The MGA Reality Check: Blowing-Up a Product & Rebuilding When the Math Breaks (feat. Anansi)
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most MGAs don’t fail because of underwriting.They fail because they misunderstand where risk actually lives,how hard insurance products are to rebui...
S1E17 | Why Most Aviation MGAs Fail...And How This Leader Rebuilt One Into a Market Force - feat. John Songin, President & CUO, Worldlink Specialty
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If You Run an MGA, This Might Be the Most Important Interview You Watch This YearIn this episode of The Age of the MGA Podcast, we sit down with John ...
S1E16 | The Hidden Value of Crisis Coverage: Selling Outcomes, Not Policies — feat. Charlie Hanbury
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most MGAs sell policies.The great ones sell outcomes.In this episode of The Age of the MGA Podcast, Charlie Hanbury, Founder & CEO of Samphire Ris...
S1E15 | The 3 Things Every MGA Founder Must Master to Survive and Scale feat. Amit Verma
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most MGA founders fail before they ever hit $10M in premium.Why? Because they never master the three things that matter most: distribution, product, a...
S1E14 | How Rainbow Turned One of the Hardest Insurance Classes Into a Scalable MGA Powerhouse
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What kind of MGA founder bets everything on restaurants — the most distressed, hardest-to-place class in insurance?Meet Bobby Touran, CEO & Co-F...
S1E13 | From wearables startup to $85M MGA: How he built one of the fastest-scaling MGAs in the industry feat. Adam Price, CEO, Kinetic
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What 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, w...
S1E12 | The $1B MGA Built on Broker Trust feat. Nick Wright (Pen Underwriting)
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
They 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 the...
S1E11 | They Invented a New Insurance Category: Inside the MGA Power Move at PlaceCovr - feat. Bob Clark and Diane Coogan
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine 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 t...
S1E10 | Parametric Insurance at Scale: How NormanMax Is Reinventing Embedded Risk - feat. Samuel Broomer
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ready 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 Samu...
Ep. 9 | Why most MGAs fail before they launch...and how to build one that wins. feat. David Gritz, Co-Founder, InsurtechNY
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want 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...
Ep. 8 | What if your MGA was built like a Silicon Valley tech company? feat. Jacob Landman, Co-Founder, Carma Cannabis Insurance
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Would you trust a frustrated cannabis operator to disrupt the insurance space?Jacob Landman did more than just trust—he became the operator-turned-M...
Ep. 7 | Why Thore Was Built As a Reciprocal Exchange MGA — And What Most Founders Still Get Wrong - feat. Johnathan Yazdani, Thore Underwriters
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What 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 Yazd...
Ep. 6 | The MGA Boom Is Real...But Most Insiders Are Reading the Data Wrong - feat. William Pitt, Partner, Lexicon Associates
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
MGAs 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 ...
Ep. 5 | Why MGAs Are Flocking to This Conference That Banned Thought Leadership feat. Chris Luiz
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ 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 Podca...
Ep. 4 | Building a 10X MGA: Inside the iTOO Success Story with Justin Naylor, CEO—A Visionary MGA Leader
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What 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...
Ep. 3 | They Built the First Fertility Insurance MGA (Flora)—and Made It Affordable for Millions feat. Dr. Christy Lane and Laura McDonald
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ 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. Christ...
Ep. 2 | She Didn’t Just Build a Cyber MGA — She Invented an Entirely New Category, feat. Kirsten Bay, Co-Founder & CEO of Cysurance
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ 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-Founde...
Ep. 1 | From Zero to Niche Reinsurance MGA Powerhouse: Inside the Untold Story of Ladder Re - feat. Charles Decrucq and Andrew Matczak
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ 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 ...
Teaser "Trailer" Episode — The Age of the MGA Podcast Begins: What It Is, Who It’s For, and Why It Matters
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙️ 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 cu...