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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...

RT Specialty Adds Bernal from Hiscox as Vice President in California

Jun 28 2019 // RT Specialty has added Matt Bernal to its property practice group as a vice president. Bernal is based out of the San Francisco, Calif., office. He has 15 years of property insurance experience. His previous position was...

Business Moves

Jun 17 2019 // Ryan Specialty, Atlantic SpecialtyRyan Specialty Group has acquired the assets and operations of Atlantic Specialty Lines Inc. The ASL team is now a part of R-T Specialty, the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty...

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...

Ryan Specialty Completes Acquisition of Atlantic Specialty

Jun 3 2019 // Ryan Specialty Group has acquired the assets and operations of Atlantic Specialty Lines Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.The ASL team is now a part of R-T Specialty, the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan...

Business Moves

May 20 2019 // Ryan Specialty Group, Atlantic Specialty LinesRyan Specialty Group has agreed to acquire the assets and operations of Atlantic Specialty Lines, Inc. (ASL), a privately owned wholesale insurance brokerage headquartered in...

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 the...

Business Moves

Apr 1 2019 // Brightway InsuranceBrightway Insurance, a national property/casualty insurance retailer selling through a network of franchised independent agencies, launched its new Independent Agent Program with its first group of new...

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 // Aon, Willis Towers WatsonAon 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 reported it...

Slaugenhoup Promoted to Assistant Vice President at RT Specialty

Mar 13 2019 // David M. Slaugenhoup has been promoted to assistant vice president within RT Specialty’s National Environmental and Construction Professional Liability practice.Since joining the New Day team in 2013, he has worked...

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...

Ryan Specialty Group to Acquire Texas’ Myron F. Steves & Co.

Feb 15 2019 // Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group has agreed to acquire the assets and operations of Myron F. Steves & Co., an independently owned wholesale insurance brokerage headquartered in Houston, Texas, with additional offices...

MGU Lodestar Marine and Aspen Insurance Form Agreement to Provide P&I Cover

Feb 13 2019 // Lodestar Marine, the London-based managing general underwriter, announced an agreement with Aspen Insurance to provide protection & indemnity insurance (P&I) to the owners and managers of small and specialized...

Ryan Specialty to Acquire International Specialty Insurance Services of North Carolina

Feb 13 2019 // Ryan Specialty Group, LLC has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and operations of International Specialty Insurance Services Inc. (ISI), an independently owned managing general underwriter with offices...

Ryan Specialty Group to Acquire Oklahoma’s Westphalen Insurance Services

Feb 12 2019 // Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group LLC has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and operations of Westphalen Insurance Services Inc. (Westphalen), an independently owned wholesale insurance brokerage...