Markel Insurance announces agreement to sell reinsurance renewal rights to Nationwide
- Markel Insurance has agreed to sell the renewal rights for its Global Reinsurance business to Nationwide, as part of a strategy to simplify operations and grow the business.
- Ryan Re Underwriting Managers will manage the renewal policies under this agreement, leveraging their existing strategic alliance with Nationwide.
- Simon Wilson, Chief Executive Officer of Markel Insurance, stated that this move will allow them to focus on their core specialty insurance market.
- The transaction will not involve selling any insurance company entities and is expected to close in August 2025.
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Markel Insurance announces agreement to sell reinsurance renewal rights to Nationwide
RICHMOND, Va., July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Markel Insurance, the insurance operations within Markel Group Inc. (NYSE:MKL), has entered into an agreement to sell the renewal rights for its Global Reinsurance business to Nationwide. The sale is part of Markel's…
Vast number of Global Re underwriters that joined Ryan Re key part of renewal rights deal: Markel's Wilson
Simon Wilson, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Markel Insurance, said recently that a really important part of the firm’s deal to sell the renewal rights for its Global Reinsurance business to Nationwide, was the large number of the reinsurance underwriting team that had already moved to Ryan Re Underwriting Managers, Ryan Specialty’s MGU. As we wrote this morning, Markel has placed its Global Reinsurance business into run-off and agreed to tran…
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