Latest RT Specialty Headlines
All the headlines from our RT Specialty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Turner Tapped as Chairman and CEO; McCormack, President at RT Specialty
Feb 24 2016 // The board of directors of Chicago, Ill.-based Ryan Specialty Group has approved the following executive leadership changes at its wholesale brokerage, RT Specialty: Timothy W. Turner – chairman and CEO Edward F....
Ryan Specialty Acquires UK’s Hunter George & Partners, M&A Specialist MGA
Nov 16 2015 // Ryan Specialty Group (RSG), the Chicago-based global specialty insurance services business, has reached an agreement to acquire Hunter George & Partners Ltd., the London-based specialist managing general agent (MGA)...
R-T Specialty Division Launches Retired Directors Policy with Full Binding Authority
Aug 11 2015 // R-T Specialty, LLC’s Retired Directors Assurance Underwriting Services, a division of R-T Specialty, LLC, has a new binding authority for the Retired Directors Assurance (RDA) policy, which provides contingent...
WKFC Launches Property Program for $500 Million TIV Risks
May 11 2015 // WKFC Underwriting Managers, a part of RSG Underwriting Managers, has launched a new property program for risks up to $500 million in total insured value (TIV).The program is written on A-XI rated paper and is available in...
Ryan Specialty Group Launches New MGU Windward Specialty
Apr 7 2015 // RSG Underwriting Managers (RSGUM) has launched Windward Specialty, a new managing general underwriter. Windward Specialty will underwrite a range of property risks exclusively through wholesale insurance brokers. The new...
StartPoint Adds $25M in Capacity for U.S. D&O Market
Mar 23 2015 // Managing general agency StartPoint has added $25 million in new capacity for the U.S. directors & officers (D&O) insurance marketplace. The complete amount of the capacity is provided by certain syndicates at...
RSG’s CorRisk Solutions Enhances Architects & Engineers Program for SMEs
Feb 11 2015 // CorRisk Solutions, a division of RSG Underwriting Managers, LLC, has made enhancements to its small-to medium-sized enterprise architects and engineers professional liability program. CorRisk Solutions will underwrite,...
RSG’s Global Special Risks Launches Underwriting Facility for Upstream Energy Risks
Jan 8 2015 // Ryan Specialty Group’s Global Special Risks (GSR), a subsidiary of RSG Underwriting Managers, LLC, has launched a new binding authority facility for the Upstream Solutions Energy Package, which provides products for...
RSG Hires Peeters to Head New London MGA
Nov 13 2014 // Ryan Specialty Group (RSG), the global specialty insurance services business based in Chicago, has announced the appointment of Mark Peeters as CEO of a new London-based managing general agent (MGA) specializing in...
Ryan Specialty Hires McKenna in London for MGA Strategy
Oct 28 2014 // Ryan Specialty Group (RSG), the specialty insurance services business based in Chicago, has hired Peter McKenna in a new senior role to oversee the development of the company MGA strategy in the UK market. McKenna, who...
R-T Specialty Names Dryden Assistant Vice President in California
Aug 13 2014 // R-T Specialty Group has named Dina Dryden assistant vice president of RT Binding Authority in the firm’s La Jolla, Calif. Office. Dryden will be responsible for underwriting complex program and non-program risks...
Ryan Specialty Group Announces Landmark Healthcare Partnership With Lloyd’s Underwriters
Jun 17 2014 // Chicago, IL – 6/17/14 – Ryan Specialty Group, LLC (RSG) announces the formation of RSGUM Healthcare, a new healthcare and life science underwriting facility, in partnership with some of the strongest and most...
Ryan Specialty Group Launches Healthcare Partnership with Lloyd’s Underwriters
Jun 16 2014 // Ryan Specialty Group, LLC (RSG) has formed RSGUM Healthcare, a new healthcare and life science underwriting facility, in partnership with the healthcare and life science underwriters at Lloyd’s of London....
R-T Specialty Acquires Blais Excess & Surplus Agency of Texas
Feb 13 2014 // Ryan Specialty Group’s wholesale brokerage R-T Specialty LLC (RT) has acquired Blais Excess & Surplus Agency of Texas Ltd. (Blais), an independent, specialty wholesale broker with offices in Dallas and...
ANV, Ryan Specialty Complete Managing Agency Combination
Dec 9 2013 // ANV Holdings BV, the Dutch-headquartered specialty insurance business founded by CEO R. Matthew Fairfield, and Ryan Specialty Group, LLC (RSG) confirmed the successful completion of the previously announced transaction to...
R-T Specialty Completes Merger with Wholesale Broker Westrope
Dec 2 2013 // Chicago-based national wholesale insurance broker R-T Specialty said it has completed its merger with another wholesale broker Westrope, based in Kansas City, Missouri. The deal was first announced Nov. 1. Terms were not...
R-T Specialty Appoints Senior VP for Property Division in New York
Nov 8 2013 // R-T Specialty, the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty Group based in Chicago, announced the appointment of Meredith Dyson as a senior vice president for its property division. She is based in R-T Specialty’s...
R-T Specialty to Buy Wholesale Broker Westrope
Nov 1 2013 // Chicago-based national wholesale insurance broker R-T Specialty said it has agreed to merge with another wholesale broker Westrope, based in Kansas City, Missouri. Westrope has a national presence with concentrations in...
WKFC Launches Miscellaneous Professional Liability Program
Oct 28 2013 // Ryan Specialty Group’s WKFC has launched a miscellaneous professional liability program with the Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. (Chubb). The miscellaneous professional program is available for more than 100 classes of...
Business Moves
Oct 7 2013 // Ryan Specialty Group, S.H. Smith & Co. Ryan Specialty Group LLC has agreed to merge S.H. Smith & Co. Inc. into R-T Specialty LLC, the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty Group. Terms of the transaction...
