Mike Bungert joined the Ryan Specialty Board in September 2025 and is a member of the Compensation and Governance Committee.

Mr. Bungert has had a long and illustrious reinsurance career, most recently as Chairman of Aon Re Global, from where he retired in 2024 after 11 years in that position. Prior to being Chairman, Mr. Bungert was CEO of Aon Re, a position he assumed in 1998.

In 1977, Mr. Bungert started his insurance career as an underwriter trainee at Continental Casualty Company. He then joined CNA Re in 1979 as a London-based North American underwriter. In 1984, Mr. Bungert joined reinsurance intermediary Thomas A. Greene Inc. Intermediaries in Chicago and subsequently joined Aon Re in 1989.

Mr. Bungert earned a Bachelor of Arts from Illinois State University.