Latest RT Specialty Headlines
All the headlines from our RT Specialty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Katz Named Executive VP, General Counsel for Ryan Specialty Group in Chicago
Mar 13 2020 // Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group (RSG) has appointed Mark S. Katz executive vice president, general counsel. In his new position, Katz will lead RSG’s Legal, Compliance and Regulatory functions. Katz joined Ryan...
R-T Specialty Names Adcock, May President of National Personal Lines Practice
Feb 4 2020 // R-T Specialty LLC has named Dave Adcock and Claudia May as President of RT Specialty’s National Personal Lines Practice. Adcock began his insurance career as a personal lines underwriter in 2000 and joined RT...
Ryan Specialty Group Acquires Assets, Operations of Pennsylvania’s The Suitelife
Oct 16 2019 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC has acquired the assets and operations of The Suitelife, a program manager specializing in boutique hotels, premier and full service hotels, hotel management companies, condo hotels and resorts...
Ryan Specialty Group’s Transactional Risk Unit, Hunter George, Gets a Name Change
Sep 4 2019 // Ryan Specialty Group Europe announced that its London-based transactional risk managing general underwriter, Hunter George & Partners, is changing its name to RSG Transactional Risks Europe. The dedicated transactional...
Ryan Specialty Group Reaches Agreement to Acquire Pennsylvania’s Suitelife
Aug 22 2019 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC (RSG) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and operations of The Suitelife, a program manager specializing in boutique hotels, premier and full service hotels, hotel management...
People & Places
Aug 19 2019 // National Hiscox, the Bermuda-headquartered specialist insurer, has appointed Melissa Hill as head of claims in the U.S. Hill, who has more than a decade of experience in claims operations, will oversee the strategic...
RSG MGA EmergIn Risk Enhances Agent, Broker E&O Program
Aug 8 2019 // EmergIn Risk, part of the Ryan Specialty Group family and a division of RSG Underwriting Managers, has expanded its insurance agents and brokers professional liability program, [In]fuse to include new coverage and less...
Ryan Specialty Group Opens Barcelona Office, Focusing on Transactional Risk Business
Jul 22 2019 // Ryan Specialty Group announced it will open an office in Barcelona as the next step in the evolution of the company’s transactional risk business, expanding both geographically and by product offering. This office...
Ryan Specialty Group Adds Blackshear as Global Chief Compliance Officer
Jul 10 2019 // Michael Blackshear has joined Ryan Specialty Group (RSG) as a senior vice president and global chief compliance officer. He is based in the company’s Chicago headquarters. Blackshear joins RSG with over 27 years of...
Dunleavy Named Aspen Re’s CUO, Succeeding Issavi Who Moves to Ryan Specialty
Jun 7 2019 // Emil Issavi, previously Aspen Re’s president and chief underwriting officer and managing director of the Americas is taking on a new role as a senior executive of Ryan Specialty Group (RSG), RSG Underwriting Managers...
Business Moves
May 20 2019 // National Ryan Specialty Group, Atlantic Specialty Lines Ryan Specialty Group has agreed to acquire the assets and operations of Atlantic Specialty Lines, Inc. (ASL), a privately owned wholesale insurance brokerage...
Ryan Specialty Group to Acquire Wholesaler Atlantic Specialty Lines
May 8 2019 // Ryan Specialty Group has agreed to acquire the assets and operations of Atlantic Specialty Lines, Inc. (ASL), a privately-owned wholesale insurance brokerage headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, with additional locations...
Ryan Specialty Group and Nationwide Form Bermuda Reinsurer, Geneva Re
May 7 2019 // Ryan Specialty Group (RSG) and Nationwide announced they have formed a new Bermuda reinsurance company, Geneva Re Ltd. Columbus, Ohio-headquartered Nationwide will own 50 percent of the venture with RSG and RSG-related...
Ryan Specialty Finalizes Acquisition of International Specialty Insurance of North Carolina
May 3 2019 // Ryan Specialty Group, LLC, has acquired the assets and operations of International Specialty Insurance Services Inc. (ISI), an independently owned managing general underwriter with offices in Winston-Salem, North Carolina....
R-T Specialty Promotes Altomare to Senior Account Manager
Apr 30 2019 // Hannah Altomare has been promoted to senior account manager within R-T Specialty LLC’s National Environmental and Construction Professional Liability Practice (ECP). In this role, she is responsible for supporting...
Business Moves
Apr 1 2019 // National Brightway Insurance Brightway Insurance, a national property/casualty insurance retailer selling through a network of franchised independent agencies, launched its new Independent Agent Program with its first...
RSG Affiliate PERse Opens Miami Office, Makes 3 Staff Appointments
Mar 20 2019 // PERse (Power.Energy.Risk), a managing general underwriter specializing in property and casualty insurance products for energy and power production facilities with a specialized focus on renewable energy, has opened a new...
Business Moves
Mar 18 2019 // National Aon, Willis Towers Watson Aon Plc said it’s no longer pursuing a combination with rival insurance brokerage Willis Towers Watson Plc, a day after confirming that it was considering a merger. The company...
Ryan Specialty Group Closes Acquisition of Oklahoma’s Westphalen Insurance
Mar 5 2019 // Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group LLC has acquired the assets and operations of Westphalen Insurance Services Inc. (Westphalen), an independently owned wholesale insurance brokerage with offices in Edmond, Oklahoma. The...
Ryan Specialty Group’s Acquisition of Myron F. Steves Complete
Mar 5 2019 // Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group LLC has acquired the assets and operations of Myron F. Steves & Co. (Myron Steves), an independently owned wholesale insurance brokerage headquartered in Houston, Texas, with...
