Asta news

Asta engages regularly with the media to provide commentary, news and thought-leadership articles. Please browse through our press releases below.


November 15, 2019

Pioneer Underwriters – strategic update

Pioneer Underwriters (“Pioneer”) has completed a wide ranging exercise to examine optimal strategic and capital options for 2020 and beyond. Pioneer’s core operations, the underwriting services business (MGA), has been remediated to provide increased focus on business where […]
September 30, 2019

Asta looks to the Future at Lloyd’s

“Blueprint One”, the revolutionary plan to transform the world’s leading specialty insurance market, was unveiled by Lloyd’s today. After six months of meticulous planning, the Blueprint promises in CEO John Neal’s words, ”to turn Lloyd’s into the most […]
September 8, 2019

Asta announces establishment of Nephila’s independent Lloyd’s managing agency

Asta, the leading third party managing agent, announces that Nephila Capital, the specialist ILS re/insurer and investment manager, has received UK regulatory approval to establish its own Lloyd’s managing agency. The new entity, Nephila Syndicate Management Ltd (NSML), […]
July 26, 2019

Beat Syndicate become the first to insure the instant payment of business to business invoices against dilution risk

Beat Syndicate 4242 of Lloyd’s has become the first globally to insure the instant payment of business to business invoices against dilution risk, creating a brand new category of insurance for pre-approval invoice payments. Working with UK fintech […]
July 11, 2019

Asta achieves successful renewal of ISO27001 Certification

We are pleased to announce that, as of 2nd July 2019, Asta maintained its ISO27001:2013 certification for another three years. Information security management and successful certification is one of Asta’s strategic priorities. ISO 27001 is the international standard which […]