Ryan Specialty Blog

October 2025 Buzz

Written by Ryan Specialty | Oct 31, 2025 8:07:06 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!

OCTOBER 2025 BUZZ

We shared that Ryan Specialty has been named one of America's Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces for the fourth year in a row! Read the full list in The Wall Street Journal here.




Ryan Specialty announced that
Steve Keogh, Chief Operating Officer, and Brendan M Mulshine, Chief Revenue Officer, have been appointed to the additional roles of Co-Presidents of Ryan Specialty. Read the press release here.




We
shared that Ryan Specialty has been ranked as one of America's Growth Leaders by TIME, which recognizes the top performing publicly listed companies in the United States. Read the article here.



Ryan Specialty announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Stewart Specialty Risk Underwriting Ltd., a managing general underwriter based in Toronto, Canada specializing in underwriting large-account, high-hazard property and casualty solutions. SSRU will become a part of Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers. Read the press release here.



Ryan Specialty is pleased to announce that Trident Marine Managers has entered into an expanded underwriting agreement with Aspen Insurance Group. Under this new arrangement, Trident will serve as the exclusive underwriter for Aspen’s Marine Hull, Primary and Excess Marine Liability business and Matthew Taucher will join Trident as Director of Hull and Marine Liabilities. Read the press release here.

 

Velocity Risk, the Ryan Specialty managing general underwriter that focuses on specialty property insurance solutions for coastal and catastrophe-exposed commercial properties across the United States, was recognized as a winner of the Datos Impact Awards in Insurance for Best Data & Analytics Innovations. Datos Insights' annual Impact Awards program recognizes innovations leading the industry and pioneering new and disruptive financial services products and capabilities. Read the press release here.


Freberg Environmental, a Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers MGU that specializes in environmental risks, announced the launch of its Environmental Unsupported Excess Liability program, designed to complement and expand Freberg’s current environmental liability offerings. Read the press release here.




Congratulations to Ryan Specialty Chief Information Security Officer Maura O'Leary on being honored as one of the 2025 Top Global CISOs in the World by Cyber Defense Magazine, recognizing her leadership, dedication and contributions to advancing cybersecurity on a global scale. View the list here.




Trident Marine Managers introduced its Recreational Marine Insurance Program, effective July 1, 2025. In collaboration with an AM Best “A” rated admitted carrier (Financial Size Category “X”), this program delivers robust, tailored solutions to insurance agents and brokers for boat dealers & marinas, yacht & boat clubs, builders, manufacturers & distributors, shore-side property & business interruption, hull, P&I, pollution, mold & more. Led by industry veteran Clarke Smith, with 35+ years of underwriting experience, this program is built to support the evolving needs of the recreational marine sector. Learn more here.


 

RT Specialty Detroit President David Derigiotis spoke on the "State of the Market" panel at the Zywave Cyber Risk Insights New York conference.




RT Specialty ProExec has released a new Spotlight blog on man-in-the-middle attacks, a growing threat for anyone with fiduciary responsibilities. Read it here.




Thank
you to everyone who joined Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers at the Ryder Cup 2025! It was pleasure to meet with our clients and trading partners, as well as our colleagues from Celerity Risk, JEM Underwriting Managers, Ryan Financial Lines, Ryan Transactional Risk, WKFC Underwriting Managers and Velocity Risk.




Ryan Specialty
and RT Specialty sponsored the NAAIA - National African American Insurance Association's Topgolf event in Canton, MA. Thank you so much to everyone who came out and joined us!




Ryan Specialty
joined Lloyd's in sponsoring the Thrive4Life breast cancer awareness campaign, "Be Breast and Chest Aware: Make Self-Checks a Lifesaving Habit." The infographics below contain important information on ways to protect yourself and on how to support breast cancer awareness.



Thank you to everyone who connected with RT Specialty's workers' compensation team at the Self-Insurance Institute of America's INNOV8 National Conference in Phoenix, including our friends from Lloyd's!



Thank you to everyone who stopped by the
RT Specialty table at the Insurance Club Of Pittsburgh I-Day 2025, where we brought together the RT Richmond, RT Pittsburgh, RT Connector and RT Small Fleet Transportation teams!




Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers was a Chairman's Circle sponsor for the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina, Inc. (IIANC) InsurEXPO25 in Winston-Salem. Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table!




The
RT Specialty Personal Lines QuickHome team had the opportunity to get together in Richmond, VA! Insurance agents and brokers can learn more about RT's QuickHome platform here. 



RT Specialty and Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers had a great time at the Insurors of Tennessee Insurefest 2025 in Memphis! Thank you to everyone who joined us, including our friends from Fisk University.