About
A boutique built around one idea.
Total cost of risk is a capital-allocation problem. Boards buy risk transfer from a market that is paid to place, not to analyse — and nobody in that market is paid to establish what the risk should cost. Agile Risk Advisory exists to do the analysis first, and to be paid for it, and then to structure best-possible risk financing arrangements designed to create value for clients.
The idea
Risk should be measured before it is sold
An independent view of expected loss turns an insurance renewal into a decision that can be defended, and puts the burden of proof where it belongs: on the price being offered.
Advice should cover the decision not to transfer
Retention, captive structures and parametric alternatives are all legitimate answers. Recommending them requires analysis that a placement-only adviser has no reason to build.
Capital should see the risk properly
Risk capital is asked to price uncertainty on the basis of a submission that rarely quantifies it. We bring the distribution, the basis risk and the downside case with the transaction.
The group
Agile Risk Partners Limited is the holding company of three operating businesses.
| Entity | Company number | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Agile Risk Partners Limited | 11593686 | Holding company |
| Agile Risk Advisory Limited | 11494438 | Appointed representative of HISL Brokers Limited; risk advisory and placement |
| Agile Risk Transfer Limited | 11616627 | Risk transfer structuring |
| Agile Risk Insight Limited | 12350618 | Data, analytics and intellectual property |
All entities are registered in England and Wales.
Where we are
63 St Mary Axe, London EC3A 8AA — in the heart of the Lloyd’s insurance market.
124 City Road, London EC1V 2NX
Leadership
James Poole
James leads Agile Risk Partners, which exists to put analysis ahead of placement in the London risk market. He is a Certified Turnaround Analyst and a Chartered Insurance Broker, holds an MBA, and works across the advisory, transfer and analytics businesses of the group.
We are a small firm by design. Roles and the kind of people we are looking for are on the careers page.
What we are building
The firm’s ambition is not to be another broker. It is to establish a new category: risk that is measured independently, structured deliberately, and financed across a wider set of capital providers than the traditional market allows — including insurance-linked securities and dedicated vehicles.
That is a long build. It starts with a handful of clients who want a better answer to a difficult risk question.
Regulatory status
Agile Risk Advisory Limited is an appointed representative of HISL Brokers Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (firm reference 505452) and is a Lloyd’s broker. Agile Risk Advisory’s regulated activities are carried on as an appointed representative of HISL Brokers Limited.
Agile Risk Partners Limited and Agile Risk Transfer Limited do not carry on regulated activities. Nothing on this website is a recommendation to buy or sell any product, and it does not constitute regulated advice or an offer.
Full company and regulatory details are on the legal & regulatory page.