Aurenity has confirmed Douglas Trainor as CUO as the tech-enabled MGA prepares to begin underwriting its initial excess casualty product in the third quarter, The Insurercan reveal.

The E&S-focused firm launched earlier this year with former Brit executive and current Agman operating partner Nick Davies as CEO. It has backing from Chicago-based Agman with $10mn of seed funding.

Davies told this publication Aurenity’s build-out is “on track”, with a number of key technology partnerships signed and the capacity for its initial excess casualty product close to completion.