Global Strategic Advisory

At Gallagher, our Strategic Advisory team specialises in designing bespoke advisory solutions that leverage our extensive global strategic assets. We offer a wide range of advisory services to assist our clients and support them with analytics-driven actionable insights to power informed decision-making. We categorise our strategic advisory service offerings into:

Growth advisory

Enabling growth through in-depth and actionable market, segment, and distribution insights Market entry/growth:

Access to global markets including, Lloyd's, Middle-Market and Excess & Surplus (E&S)
End-to-end service:
- Business case and strategy
- Business plan development
- Lloyd's engagement and execution

Gross performance

Supporting leadership teams' review of performance and plans for underwriting and capital allocation

Tailored review of performance by market/segment/line of business (LOB)
Benchmarking of performance drivers and USPs
Support business case and business plan development for remedial action

Cycle management

Provision of outside-in market insights enabling effective steering and positioning of the portfolio

Full range of services and products to better manage the insurance and reinsurance cycles
Provide actionable insights with data analytics, detailed reports adapted to your specific circumstances
Bespoke advisory services

Distribution

Our team reviews effective distribution setup and how to best access the markets

Wholesale vs retail distribution

We help with market briefing and advisory services, including:

Comprehensive market analysis
Distribution channel optimization
Guidance on market expansion, product diversification, strategic partnerships, and M&A for sustainable growth

Managing general agents (MGAs)

We can support you with:

Assessment of MGA options
Operational design and MGA engagement options
Market landscaping
Business case development
Strategic rationale
Financial modelling of impacts

Capital efficiency

Advising on third party capital strategy as well as internal structures to optimise capital efficiency

GRV / IRV setup: End-to-end advisory services, from the development of a business case to execution
Reinsurance strategies and utilisation: Advising on capital-motivated reinsurance, including alignment with capital mix, and overall strategy

It’s a Hard Market — So Where Are All the New Entrants?

This report explores the tightening reinsurance market conditions.

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Daniel Knüsli

Head of Global Strategic Advisory