Oxbow Partners, the specialist management consultancy for the insurance industry, has announced the opening of a New York City office, marking the firm’s first dedicated presence in North America.
The New York office will provide corporate clients across North America with strategic advisory services, including commercial due diligence, post-acquisition strategy development, and integration support.
Oxbow Partners will leverage its deep expertise in strategy development and experience delivering complex strategic transformations to help clients navigate evolving market dynamics.
Founded ten years ago, Oxbow Partners has built a reputation as a leading strategy advisory firm for insurers, reinsurers, brokers, MGAs and investors across London, Europe and Bermuda.
All clients will benefit from the firm’s proprietary Oxbow Partners Agile Strategy™ methodology, which integrates deep market insight with practical approaches to strategy development, operating model optimisation, and technology transformation. The consultancy’s ‘one global firm’ model positions it to assist US clients with European expansion plans and European clients seeking to enter the US market.
As part of the expansion, Manmeet Singh Bawa has joined Oxbow Partners as Partner to lead the US business from New York City. He brings over a decade of consulting experience advising P&C insurers on growth strategies, business model innovation, transformation, and data-driven performance improvement. Mark Purowitz has also joined as Senior Advisor, bringing decades of US and global financial services experience in strategic growth and M&A.
Oxbow Partners works with senior leaders across the insurance ecosystem, providing strategic advice on corporate growth, underwriting strategy, operational efficiency, M&A, and technology transformation. Its client base spans Europe, the UK, Bermuda, and now the US, reflecting its global reach and expertise.
Manmeet Singh Bawa said: “I’m excited to join Oxbow Partners to lead our US business. The US insurance market is at an inflection point. Carriers, reinsurers and MGAs are looking for a specialist partner who can combine global sector insights with local expertise to deliver meaningful strategic transformation. I look forward to partnering with insurance industry leaders to bringing a fresh, objective perspective on their most important strategic priorities.”
Mark Purowitz said: “I’m excited to join Oxbow Partners as a Senior Advisor to bring their leading insurance strategy expertise to the US market. Over the past decade Greg Brown, Chris Sandilands and the broader Oxbow Partners team have built something remarkable – a strategy advisory boutique exclusively focused on specialty insurance. Their vision that the market needed specialized, independent strategic counsel has proven right, establishing Oxbow Partners as the go-to advisory firm in the London Market. Now it’s time to bring that same value to North America. Clients stand to gain tremendously from Oxbow Partners’ deep experience across topics such as corporate strategy and M&A, underwriting strategy and productivity, operations, and insurance technology.”
Chris Sandilands, Partner at Oxbow Partners in London, said: “Oxbow Partners, now in its tenth year and with a client base extending from Europe and the UK through Bermuda and into the US, is recognised for its deep industry insights and pragmatic execution approach. With our new team, we are launching a distinctive US platform that helps clients unlock growth, modernise operating models, and deliver results.”
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