Welcome to Shape Underwriting, your trusted MGA
About Us
Shape Underwriting is a specialist MGA bringing together expert divisions with deep sector knowledge, strong broker relationships and a shared commitment to delivering tailored insurance solutions. Built on the foundations of established underwriting businesses, including Profile Underwriting, OCS, Accelerate Underwriting and Thomond Underwriting, Shape has evolved into a broader platform serving brokers, clients and insurer partners across the UK and Ireland. Shape represents specialist expertise, trusted partnerships and a practical, forward-thinking approach to underwriting, delivered consistently across every division.
Divisions
Shape Commercial
Commercial Property, Package, Standalone Liabilities
Designed to protect against a wide range of risks, Shape Commercial provides extensive tailored coverage for both property and liability risks. Our underwriter-led proposition, which puts brokers at the heart of the process, focuses on understanding your requirements and providing insurance options designed to instil confidence.
Shape Specialty
Professional Indemnity
Whether it's securing coverage for businesses, or ensuring the protection of its directors and officers, Shape Specialty lives and breathes the PI insurance market and can offer both primary and excess layers with a wide appetite. As specialists in these markets, we offer exceptional service and unique knowledge to our broking partners.
Shape Digital
Shape Digital (formerly Accelerate Underwriting) is a specialist MGA, offering bespoke products, all backed by A rated insurers. We simplify placing schemes, affinity partnerships and non-standard insurance through the use of data and customer insights to build e-traded solutions which meet both our brokers and their customer’s needs. We specialise in Property & Casualty business covering a multitude of trades, in fact the list of those we cannot accept is extremely small. Founded in 2015, Shape Digital previously traded as Accelerate Underwriting. We are part of the Shape Underwriting family.
Shape Underwriting Ireland
Shape Underwriting Ireland (previously Thomond) is a Commercial MGA and Lloyd’s Coverholder, who have been operating in Ireland and Northern Ireland since 2007. We deal exclusively through brokers and offer a wide range of commercial insurance solutions including Liability, Material Damage and BI, Property Owners, Contractors All Risks, Personal Accident & illness and Professional Indemnity.
Our Leadership Team
The people at the forefront of our business, leading on our innovative products and exceptional service
Our Group
Shape Underwriting is owned by the Clear Group: the insurance group that’s different by choice. Clear Group provides insurance services and solutions to a range of clients across the UK, Ireland and continental Europe, and Shape Underwriting is a core pillar in this strategy.
Clear is made up of over 1000 people across more than 35 locations in the UK and Europe, managing £1bn Gross Written Premium.
