--- title: December 2024 Buzz description: A collection of this month's most popular news, events, interviews and other stories from across Ryan Specialty. --- [Ryan Specialty Blog](https://blog.ryanspecialty.com) # [December 2024 Buzz](https://blog.ryanspecialty.com/december-2024-buzz) Written by [Ryan Specialty](https://blog.ryanspecialty.com/author/ryan-specialty) | Dec 31, 2024, 3:36:46 PM After another busy month at Ryan Specialty, we have put together a collection of the most popular news, events, interviews and other stories from across our firm. Catch up with us by taking a look at the posts below! DECEMBER 2024 BUZZ Congratulations to Ryan Specialty CEO & RT Specialty Chairman Tim Turner, RT Specialty CEO Edward McCormack and Ryan Specialty CFO Janice Hamilton on all being named in Insurance Business America's Hot 100 2025, which recognizes the exceptional leaders whose contributions have helped shape the insurance industry over the past year. View the list [here](https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/best-insurance/the-100-best-insurance-leaders-in-the-usa--hot-100-515658.aspx).  Ryan Specialty is pleased to announce that Paradiso Risks is joining Alive Risk, Ryan Specialty’s sports, leisure and entertainment managing general underwriter. Paradiso is a specialty MGU focusing on contingency and non-appearance insurance which joined the firm as part of the Castel Underwriting Agencies acquisition on May 1st, 2024. Read the press release [here](https://ryanspecialty.com/news/paradiso-risks-joins-alive-risk-bringing-an-international-event-contingency-portfolio/).  Congratulations to RT Specialty Executive Vice President Paul Jackson on being named one of 2024's Top Insurance Brokers and Agents in the USA by Insurance Business America! The report also features RT Specialty's Lindsay Dress, a 2023 winner, who serves as a subject matter expert and shares her thoughts on what it takes to succeed in today's marketplace. Read the report [here](https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/best-insurance/the-top-insurance-brokers-and-agents-in-the-usa--top-insurance-brokers-and-agents-515809.aspx).   Ryan Specialty announced the appointments of Mark Birrell to Executive Chairman and James Montgomery to Chief Executive Officer of Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers International effective January 1, 2025. Both these executives are based in RSUM International’s London headquarters. Read the press release [here](https://ryanspecialty.com/news/ryan-specialty-appoints-mark-birrell-to-executive-chairman-and-james-montgomery-to-ceo-of-ryan-specialty-underwriting-managers-international/). Ryan Specialty International Finance Director Tania Mouton was honored at Business Insurance's Women to Watch EMEA event in London, which celebrates the leading women across the commercial insurance industry. Ryan Transactional Risk announced that, effective January 1st, 2025, George Pearce and Rich Stansfield will be appointed to the roles of Global Co-Chief Executive Officers, Luc Joordens to Managing Director International, Rustin Paul to Managing Director North America, Mike Marston to Chief Underwriting Officer, Warranty & Indemnity, Rob Lustgarten to Chief Underwriting Officer, Representations & Warranty, Marta Batalla to Head of Continental Europe and James Longman to Global Head of Real Estate. Read the press release [here](https://ryanspecialty.com/news/ryan-transactional-risk-announces-leadership-team-promotions/). Ryan Specialty announced the expansion of the executive leadership team for its international financial lines managing general underwriter, Ryan Financial Lines, effective January 1, 2025. Richard Winborn will join the team as President and Patrick Mitchell, currently Chief Underwriting Officer, will expand his role to also serve as Chief Operating Officer. Read the press release [here](https://ryanspecialty.com/news/ryan-financial-lines-expands-leadership-team-and-promotes-from-within/). Ryan Specialty is pleased to announce that Shawn Yingling has joined its specialty underwriting segment, Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers. Shawn will serve as Chief Retail Distribution Officer, bringing with him thirty-five years of diverse insurance experience from across the industry. Read the press release [here](https://ryanspecialty.com/news/shawn-yingling-joins-ryan-specialty-underwriting-managers-as-chief-retail-distribution-officer/).  RT Specialty ProExec released a new edition of Insights that provides a deep dive into cyber liability supply chain and business interruption coverage. Read the latest edition [here](https://blog.ryanspecialty.com/fall-2024-rt-proexec-insights).    RT Specialty – San Diego President Joshua J. Parrish discussed the rising trend of business interruptions due to cyber attacks with Leader's Edge Magazine, exploring the key questions insurers now consider when assessing these exposures. Read the article [here](https://www.leadersedge.com/p-c/business-interruption-goes-digital). From the RT Specialty family to yours, wishing you a joyful holiday season and great success in the new year! We welcome you to [watch the 2024 RT Specialty Holiday music video](https://get.rtspecialty.com/stewardship/holiday-video-2024)!   Season's greetings from Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers! Share the joy of the season by singing along to our [2024 Holiday music video](https://get.ryanspecialty.com/underwriting-management/holiday-video-2024)! RT Specialty ProExec has released their edition of The Scoop for December, rounding up notable professional and executive liability stories from around the industry, touching on cyber, AI, D&O and more. Read the latest edition [here](https://blog.ryanspecialty.com/rt-specialty-pro-exec-the-scoop-december-2024).   [View full post](https://blog.ryanspecialty.com/december-2024-buzz) ```json { "@context" : "http://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Ryan Specialty" }, "dateModified" : "2024-12-31T15:36:46.009Z", "datePublished" : "2024-12-31T15:36:46Z", "headline" : "December 2024 Buzz", "image" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 1000, "url" : "https://6757467.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/6757467/BuzzBlog_Dec2024_2000x1000.jpg", "width" : 2000 }, "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://blog.ryanspecialty.com/december-2024-buzz", "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 60.0, "url" : "https://6757467.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/6757467/RSG%20Logo-RGB-2021_FINAL.png", "width" : 190.81273 }, "name" : "Ryan Specialty Blog" } } ```