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December 2025 Buzz


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 2025 BUZZ

Ryan Specialty Founder and Executive Chairman Pat Ryan recently sat down for an interview with The Insurer TV, discussing his career and perspective on the industry. In Part 1, Pat recounts his career in insurance and how he has watched the industry evolve. In Part 2, Pat shares his leadership strategies and discusses Ryan Specialty’s evolving role in the marketplace.

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Congratulations to Irwin Siegel Agency's Howard Siegel and RT Specialty's Brenda (Ballard) Austenfeld on both joining Insurance Business America's Hall of Fame this year, recognizing their tremendous service to the industry and role in guiding future generations of insurance leaders. Read the article here.

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Ryan Transactional Risk's Innes Leighton was celebrated at Business Insurance's Women to Watch EMEA Awards in London. Congratulations to Innes and all the other women honored at this year's awards!

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Congratulations to Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers' Eric Quinn, LifeScienceRisk's Catherine Gill, RT Specialty's Jonathan Reiner and Ryan Specialty's Maura O'Leary on all being included on Insurance Business America's Hot 100 list, which celebrates 100 insurance leaders who have had a significant impact on the industry over the past year. Read the list here.

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Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers announced the formation of a managing general underwriter focused on the public sector, Ryan Specialty Public Entity. Coverage includes casualty and auto physical damage solutions to publicly owned, tax-funded entities throughout the United States on both an insurance and reinsurance basis. Read the press release here.

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Ryan Specialty
announced that it has completed the acquisition of Stewart Specialty Risk Underwriting, a managing general underwriter based in Toronto, Canada, specializing in underwriting large-account, high-hazard property and casualty solution. Read the press release here.

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Ryan Specialty
Underwriting Managers announced the formal rebranding of the North American Professional Liability (“NAPL”) team to Ryan Financial Lines, RSUM’s managing general underwriter that specializes in a wide range of financial lines products. Read the press release here.

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Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers' Mark Engel and Trident Marine Managers' Matthew Taucher spoke with The Insurer about Trident's recent deal with Aspen Insurance Group to become the exclusive underwriter for their marine hull, primary and excess marine liability business and how it folds into the RSUM platform's larger strategy. Read the article here.

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RT Specialty
was a Magic sponsor again this year for Make-A-Wish Greater Los Angeles' Wish Gala, which took place at the Fairmont Century Plaza and raised funds to grant the wishes of children with critical illnesses.

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RT ProExec released a new white paper exploring the complex and dynamic regulatory environment around the deployment of artificial intelligence and the role of insurance in mitigating AI exposures. Read it here.

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From the RT Specialty family to yours, wishing you a season filled with joy and a new year full of success and new opportunities! Our holiday spirit is surplus-sized! Click to unwrap the joy & sing along to our surplus lines twist on a holiday classic!

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Season's greetings from Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers! M
ay your holidays be bright and your new year bring prosperity and growth. Join us in celebrating the season with our holiday jingle, underwritten for maximum fun (no exclusions)! Watch our 2025 holiday video!


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Finally, a workers' comp holiday song! Celebrate the season with our festive RT Specialty workers' compensation jingle! Click to join the chorus!

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