McGill and Partners and AEGIS London have launched a digital placement initiative designed to change how follow capacity is accessed across multiple specialty lines.
The collaboration links AEGIS London’s risk appetite to McGill and Partners’ client portfolio through a rules-based, technology-driven platform.
The initiative uses McGill and Partners’ proprietary Underscore broking platform to algorithmically identify risks that meet AEGIS London’s pre-agreed criteria. Once a lead underwriter’s terms are set, the system can generate quotes and bind cover on a follow basis, aiming to streamline the traditional placement process.
Underwriters at AEGIS London will access a dashboard providing data on risk selection, portfolio composition and exposure management. The firms said this setup is intended to support underwriting standards while digitizing what has historically been a manual, document-heavy workflow.
The rollout comes as McGill and Partners steps up its broader investment in technology, following a US$300 million credit facility that includes dedicated capacity for talent and digital initiatives, and first-half 2025 results showing more than 20% organic revenue growth and a 79% increase in adjusted EBITDA.
For clients, the AEGIS London collaboration is expected to provide quicker access to follow capacity that tracks the lead underwriter’s terms, conditions and pricing. McGill and Partners said this should give buyers more certainty around completing placements once a lead is in place.
Steve McGill (pictured above, left), CEO at McGill and Partners, said the initiative reflects a shared ambition to deliver “smarter, digitally-enabled solutions for the benefit of our clients and drive real change in our industry.”
He added that “at its core, it will deliver what our clients value the most: speed, certainty, and high-quality capacity,” while enabling brokers to “leverage the wider market more effectively.”
Alex Powell (pictured above, right), CEO of AEGIS London, said the collaboration reflects “a transformative approach in how we use dedicated data analysis to inform and enhance underwriting decisions.” He said the ability to automatically identify eligible risks and deliver quote-and-bind functionality based on predefined criteria represents “a significant step forward in delivering a truly digital and dynamic trading capability to the market.”
For AEGIS London, the project builds on its existing digital trading capabilities, including its SHIELD (Terror) product, where capacity was doubled in April 2025 from US$250 million to US$500 million through the OPAL quote-and-bind platform.
