A fresh round of senior appointments across the insurance market spans MGA leadership, specialist underwriting, consultancy networks, marine broking and global standards-setting.
Acies MGU has appointed David Eynon (pictured, left) as managing director of Subscribe, its financial lines MGA, as the business enters its next phase of growth backed by Lloyd's and A-rated capacity.
Eynon brings more than three decades of underwriting, distribution and MGA management experience from senior London Market roles, including heading the London Market underwriting operation at Manchester Underwriting Management and earlier leading the special lines division at Sagicor Syndicate 1206.
Subscribe launched in late 2025 as a Lloyd's-backed MGA offering professional indemnity, directors' and officers', and management liability cover to UK and international brokers, and has since been preparing new specialist facilities.
"There is a real opportunity to continue building on those foundations by developing new products, investing in talented people and strengthening our capacity partnerships," Eynon said, adding that brokers are looking for specialist underwriting expertise, quick decision-making and long-term stability.
Mark Heath, chief executive of Acies MGU, said Eynon's appointment marks an important milestone in Subscribe's development, combining deep underwriting knowledge with a strong understanding of how specialist MGAs create value for brokers and capacity providers.
Brokers placing PI, D&O or management liability business have a concrete reason to test Subscribe now rather than later. A newly-backed MGA actively preparing new specialist facilities under fresh leadership is typically at its most receptive to new submissions and open to demonstrating flexibility on terms, before appetite settles into a more established, harder-to-move pattern.
Leeds-based MGA Fiducia has promoted Emma Harvey (pictured, centre) to underwriter within its Combined Liabilities team, having joined the business as assistant underwriter after previous commercial broking roles at Aon and Gauntlet Group.
In her new role, Harvey will work with UK, European and international brokers on employer's liability, public liability and products liability cover for hauliers, couriers and warehousekeepers.
The promotion follows Fiducia's expansion of its Combined Liabilities risk appetite last year to cover a broader range of contractor trades, including builders, groundworkers and plant and skip hirers.
Gerry Sheehy, chief executive of Fiducia, said Harvey's promotion reflects her significant contribution since joining, adding that her approach and commitment to service have been fundamental to the MGA's growth in this line.
For those placing liability business for hauliers, couriers or warehousekeepers specifically, Harvey is now a named underwriting contact worth building a direct relationship with, particularly given Fiducia's stated appetite expansion into adjacent contractor trades over the past year.
Global standards body ACORD has named John Kellington (pictured, right) as chief executive, marking his return to an organisation he previously helped build.
Kellington served as ACORD's senior vice president of standards development from 2007 to 2010 before spending 16 years as chief information officer at Cincinnati Insurance, where he led an architecture-led IT transformation built on ACORD standards. He also served on ACORD's board of directors before this appointment.
Kellington succeeds Bill Pieroni, who left ACORD in April 2025, with chief operating officer Tanya Krochta having served as acting chief executive in the interim.
Robert Kelly, ACORD's board chair and chief executive of Steadfast Group, said Kellington's experience implementing data standards at scale makes him well placed to advance ACORD's mission of a more digitally connected insurance industry.
"Success will depend on how well data moves," Kellington said, adding that ACORD provides the framework underpinning that.
Kellington's own history is the detail worth weighing here: someone who spent 16 years implementing ACORD standards from the buyer's side, rather than only setting them from the standards body itself, is likely to prioritise practical, broker-facing data connectivity over abstract standard-setting. Brokers and technology teams evaluating which data standards to build integrations against over the next few years have a reasonable signal, in Kellington's stated "how well data moves" priority, that ACORD's near-term direction will favour usability over further standard proliferation.
Consultancy Angelica Solutions has added Amy Illingworth, a qualified actuary with more than 15 years' experience across pricing, product development and commercial strategy, to its network of senior insurance specialists.
Rather than operating as a traditional consultancy, the firm works through a flexible network model, and Illingworth's first assignment has been an interim head of pricing role for an MGA client.
Sarah Vaughan, founder and director of Angelica Solutions, said having specialists of Illingworth's calibre in the network means the firm can continue assembling the right mix of expertise for each client project, whether that involves pricing transformation, product development or underwriting strategy.
Illingworth's addition, and the fact that her first assignment is already live, confirms Angelica Solutions' interim-placement model is operating in practice, not just in principle.
Independent Lloyd's broker ATL has appointed Sean Woollerson as director in its marine division, bringing more than 35 years of international marine insurance experience spanning hull, war risks and loss of hire cover.
The appointment follows ATL's broader push to diversify beyond its traditional energy and marine focus, having also added a director to lead its entry into M&A, tax and capital risks late last year.
Iñaki Bandres, chief executive of ATL, said Woollerson's depth of marine expertise and international network make him an outstanding addition as the business continues its growth.
Brokers and clients with hull, war risk or loss of hire placements have a genuine new senior contact at an independent Lloyd's broker, worth engaging directly given Woollerson's specific background across all three of those lines rather than a generalist marine remit.
