The Underwriting Exchange AG

Expert support for specialty insurance

We partner specialty insurers, MGAs and investors to deliver profitable underwriting strategies across the market cycle

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2022

Incorporated in Zurich

10+

We support leading re/insurers to help them map and navigate the market cycle

15+

We advise strategy consultants and investment firms from North America to Japan

3+

We partner with founders and subject matter experts to build and scale MGAs

Brands we've worked with

Zurich Lietuvos Draudimas QBE Mitsui Sumitomo First Capital Chartered Insurance Institute DA Insured Everest

Key product

Investor strategic advisory

We partner with Private Equity, Venture Capital and other P&C insurance investors to assess potential M&A opportunities in the sector, with a specific focus on underwriting performance, process and practice.

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Key product

Cycle management

50% of P&C insurers make underwriting losses over the commercial insurance cycle. Drawing on both deep research and practical experience of turning around loss-making underwriting units at leading insurers and reinsurers, we help underwriting leaders to actively manage the cycle and outperform.

UWX cycle-management workshop in Zurich

Cycle management workshops

Effective cycle management requires alignment between leadership and the front line. We work with leadership teams to challenge assumptions, debate trade-offs, and define cycle strategies that enable organisations to anticipate change, respond decisively, and create and sustain competitive advantage over the cycle.

Portfolio steering across the cycle

Organisations behave in accordance with the incentives they create. Metrics that reward short-term growth or volume at the wrong point in the cycle can unintentionally erode underwriting discipline and destroy long-term value. UWX works with leadership teams to refine performance measures and incentives throughout the market cycle, ensuring they reinforce sound underwriting decisions, strengthen accountability, and support sustainable, profitable growth.

Turnaround management

Drawing on deep experience turning around underperforming specialty units, we work with underwriting leaders to assess the drivers of poor performance, address shortcomings and restore credibility with client and broker partners.

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Key product

MGA build and scale

We work with expert underwriters and subject matter specialists to build and scale MGAs. We provide practical support to design products, secure capacity, build distribution and secure funding.

  1. Ideas into businesses

    We work with founders to refine and realise business ideas and strategies.

  2. Underwriting outperformance

    We help underwriters build products and processes to sustain competitive outperformance.

  3. Market connectivity

    We leverage our global and local connectivity with brokers & insurers to secure capacity for new businesses and products.

  4. Operational buildout

    We provide practical support to businesses on the path to scale, from funding to hiring to governance.

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UWX (The Underwriting Exchange AG) was incorporated in 2022. Founded by Tony Buckle and John Carolin, UWX draws upon a network of sector specialists to deliver practical impact for our clients.

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8802 Zurich
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