Headquarters:
Chicago, IL
Year founded:
2010
Number of employees:
3500+ as of YE 2021*
*Ryan Specialty in total
Phone:
800 366 5810
Email:
programs@ryansg.com
Website:
RyanPrograms.com
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/ryan-specialty-underwriting-managers
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President and CEO, Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers
Bill Evans
Co-President of Ryan Specialty National Programs
Chris Kelleher
Co-President of Ryan Specialty National Programs
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Miles Wuller is President and CEO of Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers. He joined Ryan Specialty in 2010 as Global Treasurer, leading capital activity and executing Ryan Specialty’s M&A strategy across the specialty space. Over the last decade, Miles has served in a series of executive roles as President, EVP, and COO of Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers. With each role came progressive responsibility for the oversight and ongoing strategic build out of the Managing General Underwriter and Program Manager platform. Today, he is responsible for the Underwriting Managers specialty of the firm which includes our 22 MGUs and our National Specialty Programs. Together, these MGUs and programs offer more than 150 lines of business and employ more than 550 industry professionals in 28 offices who wrote $2.4B of gross premium in 2021.
President and CEO, Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers
Miles Wuller
Bill Evans is Co-President of the National Specialty Programs (NSP) practice, a division of Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers. NSP is dedicated to developing, underwriting, distributing, and administering class focused products with multiline coverage solutions.
Bill joined Ryan Specialty in September 2020 through the acquisition of All Risks, where he most recently served as Vice President with direct oversight of the real estate and temporary staffing programs. Bill also had responsibility for compliance and governance of NSP in addition to being instrumental in the development of numerous Lloyd’s relationships. He holds the CIC, CRM, and ASLI designations.
Co-President of Ryan Specialty National Programs
Bill Evans
Chris Kelleher is Co-President of the National Specialty Programs (NSP) practice. NSP is the Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers division dedicated to developing, underwriting, distributing, and administering class focused products with multiline coverage solutions.
Chris joined Ryan Specialty in September 2020 through the acquisition of All Risks, where he most recently served as Vice President with direct oversight of auto dealer services, professional lines, self-storage, and the small commercial programs. He has been instrumental in cultivating new capital relationships in addition to developing numerous new programs. Chris has more than 30 years of insurance industry experience.
Co-President of Ryan Specialty National Programs
Chris Kelleher
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Dr. Mary Lavoie
Head of Risk Management and Senior Vice President
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
Mary Lavoie is the head of risk management and compliance within AXA XL’s North America P&C programs. She joined AXA XL in 2002. Her (re)insurance experience includes property and casualty primary and treaty underwriting, encompassing national accounts, surplus lines, financial products, mass marketing, and professional segments.
In 2017, she earned a Doctor of Business Administration degree from Wilmington University in New Castle, Delaware. Her dissertation was titled “Retention of Property Casualty Insurance Employees”. She is an adjunct professor at Wilmington University and advises doctoral candidates. She is also a member of the Sigma Beta Delta National Honor Society.
Head of Risk Management and Senior Vice President
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
Dr. Mary Lavoie
Damian Palovick
Senior Vice President of Underwriting
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
Damian Palovick is a senior vice president of underwriting in the North American P&C Programs Unit. He is responsible for the profitable performance and growth of the property and specialty portfolios, strategic planning, and team management.
Damian has 30 years of industry experience in all lines of underwriting with three national carriers. He has spent most of his career in delegated authority program management and is skilled in portfolio and relationship management for large books of business. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Psychology from Swarthmore College, as well as a CPCU designation.
Senior Vice President of Underwriting
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
Damian Palovick
Ryan Specialty National Programs is a leading program administrator of specialty insurance products that is part of the Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers platform. Underwriting Managers offers specialty market expertise in distinct and complex market niches underserved in today’s marketplace through 22 MGUs, and numerous multiline national programs that act on behalf of insurance carriers. These carriers have given Ryan Specialty delegated authority to design, underwrite, bind coverage, and administer policies for specific risks.
Program teams are comprised of individuals with deep industry expertise who understand specialty coverages, and program managers often have 20 to 30 years of experience in their respective industries. Each program is unique and evolves as our world becomes a riskier place. As a result, each program manager must consistently adjust and improve their program to support the changes in their specific industry.
Ryan Specialty is a service provider of specialty products and solutions for insurance brokers, agents, and carriers. The firm provides distribution, underwriting, product development, administration, and risk management services by acting as a managing underwriter and wholesale broker. Ryan Specialty’s mission is to provide industry-leading innovative specialty insurance solutions for insurance brokers, agents, and carriers.
“Now, we have much more frequent recognition awards because we want to celebrate people staying at CAAT and recognize the contributions that they bring to the organization”
Julie Giraldi,
CAAT Pension Plan
Alex Ventura
Head of Marketing
Dave Longbottom
Chief Technology Officer
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Alex Ventura has a wealth of experience and passion for martech across the financial services sector – including B2B and B2C – with a focus on delivering exemplary omnichannel experiences. Alex is responsible for driving brands in the digital age with strategies that evoke a brand’s personality and corresponding values. Mapping customer journeys encompassing systematic and programmatic technologies has been key to his successful strategies.
Head of Marketing
Alex Ventura
With a superior understanding of web design and architecture, Dave Longbottom has been pivotal in orchestrating the development of new technologies, which are aligned with business objectives, and pioneering industry-leading solutions. Dave’s tenacity to push the status quo has led to the development of innovative solutions encompassing the latest emerging technological trends and cyber security frameworks.
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Longbottom
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Alex Ventura
Head of Marketing
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Dave Longbottom
Chief Technology Officer
Alex Ventura has a wealth of experience and passion for martech across the financial services sector – including B2B and B2C – with a focus on delivering exemplary omnichannel experiences. Alex is responsible for driving brands in the digital age with strategies that evoke a brand’s personality and corresponding values. Mapping customer journeys encompassing systematic and programmatic technologies has been key to his successful strategies.
Head of Marketing
Alex Ventura
With a superior understanding of web design and architecture, Dave Longbottom has been pivotal in orchestrating the development of new technologies, which are aligned with business objectives, and pioneering industry-leading solutions. Dave’s tenacity to push the status quo has led to the development of innovative solutions encompassing the latest emerging technological trends and cyber security frameworks.
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Longbottom
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich
School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at
The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and
Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Sonia Ahuja
Chief Operating Officer
Sanjay Mehta
EVP and Chief Market Officer
John Laurie
Chief Partnership Officer
Anthony Dippolito
Chief Wellness Officer
Alex Ventura has a wealth of experience and passion for martech across the financial services sector – including B2B and B2C – with a focus on delivering exemplary omnichannel experiences. Alex is responsible for driving brands in the digital age with strategies that evoke a brand’s personality and corresponding values. Mapping customer journeys encompassing systematic and programmatic technologies has been key to his successful strategies.
Head of Marketing
Alex Ventura
With a superior understanding of web design and architecture, Dave Longbottom has been pivotal in orchestrating the development of new technologies, which are aligned with business objectives, and pioneering industry-leading solutions. Dave’s tenacity to push the status quo has led to the development of innovative solutions encompassing the latest emerging technological trends and cyber security frameworks.
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Longbottom
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the
Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years
of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation
of the company’s internal customer
service department.
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Ryan Specialty National Programs is a leading program administrator of specialty insurance products that is part of the Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers platform. Underwriting Managers offers specialty market expertise in distinct and complex market niches underserved in today’s marketplace through 22 MGUs, and numerous multiline national programs that act on behalf of insurance carriers. These carriers have given Ryan Specialty delegated authority to design, underwrite, bind coverage, and administer policies for specific risks.
Program teams are comprised of individuals with deep industry expertise who understand specialty coverages, and program managers often have 20 to 30 years of experience in their respective industries. Each program is unique and evolves as our world becomes a riskier place. As a result, each program manager must consistently adjust and improve their program to support the changes in their specific industry.
Ryan Specialty is a service provider of specialty products and solutions for insurance brokers, agents, and carriers. The firm provides distribution, underwriting, product development, administration, and risk management services by acting as a managing underwriter and wholesale broker. Ryan Specialty’s mission is to provide industry-leading innovative specialty insurance solutions for insurance brokers, agents, and carriers.
