Who We Are 

Ryan Specialty is a service provider of specialty products and solutions for insurance brokers, agents and carriers, providing distribution, underwriting, product development, administration and risk management services by acting as a wholesale broker and a managing underwriter.

Our History

Ryan Specialty was founded in 2010 by Patrick G. Ryan, the founder and former Chairman and CEO of Aon Corporation. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Ryan Specialty has operations in North America, the United Kingdom and Europe. Ryan Specialty’s strong start has been the result of organic growth further cultivated through strategic acquisitions.

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Patrick G. Ryan

Patrick G. Ryan

Founder & Executive Chairman,
Ryan Specialty

Letter From Our Chairman

Ryan Specialty was founded in 2010 to be the trusted trading partner for specialty risk solutions and services to retail agents, brokers and insurance carriers. Our talent, innovation and execution are what continue to set Ryan Specialty apart from our competitors. These characteristics enable us to provide exceptional outcomes for our clients and have established Ryan Specialty as an industry leader.

Our culture of empowerment and teamwork provides our brokers and underwriters with the flexibility and agility to react to opportunities in the marketplace to best serve the needs of clients. Our team members adhere to the highest standards of the industry and are inspired by creativity, innovation and hard work. It is with these attributes that we have achieved excellent organic growth which is core to our strategy. This natural growth has been further developed through strategic bolt on acquisitions adding scale and differentiating skills towards achieving our goals.

I am very proud of what we have built in these few short years and want to thank the industry for its support. Without the collaboration of our clients and trading partners, we could not have achieved such significant growth and industry impact.

Respectfully yours,

Chairman

Leadership

The Ryan Specialty leadership team represents some of the highest quality leaders in the insurance industry, each of whom are committed to developing their knowledge and expertise in their respective fields.

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Rob Polansky
President of Field Operations, RT Binding Authority
Jason Murrey
President of Commercial Lines, RT Binding Authority
Tracy Davis
Senior Director, RT Binding Authority
Dave Adcock
Director, RT Binding Authority
Claudia May
Director, RT Binding Authority
Eric Director
Director, London Focus, RT Binding Authority
Underwriting Managers
UNDERWRITING LEADERSHIP
Pascal Alvarez
Managing Director,
Facultative Reinsurance,
Ryan Financial Lines
Nik Black
Vice President,
Verdant Underwriting Managers
Brian M. Boornazian
Executive Chairman, Ryan Re Underwriting Managers
Jamie Bouloux
CEO,
Ryan Financial Lines & CorRisk Solutions
Stuart Burchell
Head of PERse International
Chris Burns
President,
Technical Risk Underwriters
Patrick Comerford
Director & Underwriter,
Castel NAPL
Iain Cotton
Founding Partner,
YachtPod Risk Partners
Katie Davies
CEO, JEM Underwriting Managers, Technical Risk Underwriters, North America, PERse
Tim Davis
President,
JEM Underwriting Managers
Stuart Dickinson
Senior Underwriter,
Square Pegs
Dawn E. D'Onofrio
CEO,
WKFC, AgRisk
& Ryan Specialty National Programs
Sverker Edström
Managing Director, Europe,
Ryan Financial Lines
Patrick Gavin
Managing Director,
Alive Risk
Catherine Gill
CEO,
LifeScienceRisk
Garrod Hill
Founding Partner & President,
Albus
Martin Hayes
Managing Director,
Trident Marine Managers
Dan Houska
Managing Director,
Emerald Underwriting Managers, US
Emil Issavi
CEO & President,
Ryan Re Underwriting Managers
Mike Johnson
Managing Director,
Trident Marine Managers
Nancy M. McMahon
CEO & President,
Sapphire Blue
Yael Mimram
Founding Partner and Underwriter,
Paradiso
Vladimir Mirosevic-Sorgo
Founding Partner,
YachtPod Risk Partners
James Montgomery
Managing Director,
Ryan Transactional Risk
Clive Moore
Director & Underwriter,
Castel NAPL
Joe Murphy
Managing Director,
Emerald Underwriting Managers, UK
Thomas Nash
President,
CorRisk Solutions
George Paraskeva
Managing Director,
Cyber & Technology,
Ryan Financial Lines
George Pearce
Managing Director,
Ryan Transactional Risk
Mark T. Peeters
Managing Director, London,
Ryan Financial Lines
Pam Quilici
President,
Ryan Specialty Transportation Underwriting Managers
Colin Rose
Head & Founder,
Castel Construction
Sammy Shihab
Head of Transact Risk Partners
Howard Siegel
CEO & President,
Irwin Siegel Agency
Jeffrey Smith
President & Chief Underwriting Officer,
PERse North America
Rich Stansfield
Managing Director,
Ryan Transactional Risk
Duco Teijema
Marine Manager,
Ryan Specialty Netherlands
Eddy Van Den Bosch
Managing Director,
ARENA NV
Gert van Middlekoop
Chief Underwriting Officer, Europe,
Ryan Specialty Netherlands
John Welty
President,
SUITELIFE Underwriting Managers
Peter Wallace
Principal Underwriter and Founder,
Castel Latent Defects Insurance
Tara Woodward
Head and Lead Underwriter,
Castel Bloodstock
Insurance Business America 5-Star Program Administrators

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