ANV Group Holdings Ltd., the independent global insurance intermediary platform, has launched ANV LaunchPad, a new incubator platform designed to help experienced underwriting teams build and grow specialist MGA businesses.
The company says ANV LaunchPad is designed to provide comprehensive support throughout the launch of a new MGA.
ANV Group said the platform provides assistance across domains, including capacity building and placement, policy and product development, and integration of technology and operational systems.
The move is designed to simplify the path to market while maintaining strong operating standards and rigorous risk oversight, allowing underwriting teams to focus on distribution, underwriting strategy and long-term growth.
ANV Group confirms that Hastings Tax Underwriters is the first MGA to be formed through the LaunchPad platform. Hastings focuses on tax liability insurance and is led by co-presidents Craig Farber and Russ Young. Farber previously served as managing director and co-head of Goldman Sachs’ U.S. Tax Planning & Advisory Group, while Young practiced tax disputes at Mayer Brown and Baker McKenzie.
Hastings focuses on complex tax liability risks associated with transactions and corporate operations and has entered the early underwriting stages with the support of its LaunchPad structure, the company said.
Adam Karkowsky, Chairman and CEO of ANV Group Holdings, commented: “LaunchPad is a natural extension of the way we build our business at ANV. We partner with established underwriters who want to build and own differentiated MGAs within a broader established infrastructure. LaunchPad allows us to do this in a rigorous, repeatable manner while retaining the independence and entrepreneurial focus that underpins successful MGA businesses. Hastings also reflects on our desire to build and own differentiated MGAs across a broader set of established infrastructures.” Supporting underwriting leadership, bringing deep technical expertise and experience in complex specialty risks.”
Craig Farber, co-president of Hastings Tax Underwriters, added that ANV LaunchPad provides a framework that allows the business to establish itself efficiently while focusing on underwriting operations and expansion plans. “ANV LaunchPad provides a clear structure for bringing Hastings to market while allowing us to focus on underwriting and growing our business.
“We have grown our business quickly with the great help of ANV LaunchPad and hope to use this framework to continue to establish ourselves in the tax liability market.”
ANV Group Holdings was formed in December 2025 following a strategic transaction between AmTrust Financial Services and Blackstone Credit & Insurance that involved the separation of the portfolio of general agency and fee-based businesses managed by AmTrust into a newly formed independent company.