R-T Specialty News

R-T Specialty Appoints Senior VP for Property Division in New York

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 New York office. Dyson brings over …

R-T Specialty to Buy Wholesale Broker Westrope

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 the Midwest, Southeast and Southwest. Westrope generates premiums of …

Ryan Specialty Group Announces Merger of S.H. Smith & Co. Into R-T Specialty

Ryan Specialty Group LLC today announced that it reached agreement to merge S.H. Smith & Company Inc. into R-T Specialty LLC, the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. S.H. Smith & Company …

R-T Specialty Hires Wholesale Veteran Smith to Manage N.Y. Operation

R-T Specialty, the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty Group, appointed industry veteran Mark Smith as president and managing director for the firm’s New York operation. Smith is a well-known industry executive in the wholesale segment. He brings to R-T …

Crump Reaches Standstill Agreement with Former Employee, R-T Specialty

Dallas-based Crump’s Property & Casualty Insurance Services Division (Crump P&C), which is part of insurance wholesaler Crump Group Inc., announced that it has reached a standstill agreement with a former employee and his new employer, R-T Specialty LLC (RTS) pending …

R-T Specialty to Acquire American E&S from Wells Fargo

Chicago-based R-T Specialty, the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty Group, has agreed to purchase the wholesale insurance business of American E&S Insurance Brokers (AES) from Wells Fargo Insurance Services. R-T Specialty said it will acquire substantially all of the …