Put simply — although it is not always all this simple — an MGA is an agent that manages an insurer's business, produces and underwrites a certain amount of the insurer's business, and either adjusts/pays a certain amount of the insurer's claims or negotiates reinsurance on the insurer's behalf. Credit: BENIS ARAPOVIC/WWW.SHOCK.CO.BA Put simply — although it is not always all this simple — an MGA is an agent that manages an insurer's business, produces and underwrites a certain amount of the insurer's business, and either adjusts/pays a certain amount of the insurer's claims or negotiates reinsurance on the insurer's behalf. Credit: BENIS ARAPOVIC/WWW.SHOCK.CO.BA

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