Introducing Bowood

Enhance your company growth with Bowood

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Bowood is Howden’s specialist delegated binding authority division and one of the largest delegated binding authority brokers to Lloyd’s with $1.5bn of gross written premium handled annually. Bowood has built meaningful relationships with a wide range of delegated binding authority underwriters.

We are a high quality, tech-enabled specialist dedicated to helping MGA clients achieve their strategic business objectives. Bowood services maximise clients’ potential for growth and performance.

We have extensive experience in placing, and handling delegated binding authorities across a range of products, including:

Commercial Property
Personal Lines
Liability
Deductible Buy Back
Standalone Catastrophe (windstorm, flood, earthquake)
Motor (APD, MTC, DOL & GKLL)
Various other classes placed under delegated binding authorities including cyber, marine, Directors and Officers, Errors and Omissions, Environmental Impairment Liability and Legal Expenses
Reinsurance Treaty solutions excess of loss or quota share where Coverholders would like to take a risk position on their binding authority business or where fronting arrangements are required

Worldwide

We have 80 experienced binding authority brokers with many decades of experience in many territories:

United States of America
Canada
Australia and New Zealand
Europe
Asia
United Kingdom
South America & Caribbean

Technical Operations

Being delegated binding authority specialists, Bowood understands that managing the operational process is key to running binders successfully and securing long-term capacity.

Bowood has dedicated resources in the following areas:

Production of monthly net earned to incurred loss ratio and triangle statistics
Assistance with Lloyd’s tribunalisation and the business planning process
Oversight of the annual coverholder audit process
Monitoring of Lloyd’s reporting and compliance requirement changes and bulletins
Risk Level Data and aggregate analysis
Punctual Premium payment
Claims handling and payment including the monitoring of loss funds

Technology

Technology enhances every aspect of our core service, from operations to claims, as well as our broking team, it enhances our clients’ portfolios by providing sophisticated insights to leverage their distribution network.