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John Gorman to serve as Head of Facultative and Facilities at Ryan Re

24th September 2025

Ryan Specialty, an international specialty insurance firm, has appointed John "JJ" Gorman as Head of Facultative and Facilities for Ryan Re Underwriting Managers (Ryan Re), effective October 1st, 2025. Ryan Re is the insurer's managing general underwriter focused on property and casualty reinsurance. Driven by the flow of business from the Read the full article

Nationwide completes acquisition of renewal rights for Markel’s Global Reinsurance unit

19th August 2025

As previously announced, Columbus-domiciled Nationwide, a diversified financial services and insurance company in the United States, has completed the acquisition of the renewal rights of Markel Insurance’s Global Reinsurance business. This signals Markel’s exit from the reinsurance market as part of its broader strategy to simplify operations and focus on ... Read the full article

Vast number of Global Re underwriters that joined Ryan Re key part of renewal rights deal: Markel’s Wilson

31st July 2025

Simon Wilson, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Markel Insurance, said recently that a really important part of the firm's deal to sell the renewal rights for its Global Reinsurance business to Nationwide, was the large number of the reinsurance underwriting team that had already moved to Ryan Re Underwriting Managers, ... Read the full article

Nationwide to acquire renewal rights of Markel’s Global Reinsurance business

31st July 2025

Columbus-domiciled Nationwide, a diversified financial services and insurance company in the United States, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the renewal rights of Markel Insurance’s Global Reinsurance business, signalling Markel's exit from the reinsurance market as the firm focuses on growing its core specialty insurance operation. This sale aligns ... Read the full article

Sean Ryan to lead strategic business development at Ryan Re

27th January 2025

Insurer Ryan Specialty has appointed Sean Ryan to Ryan Re Underwriting Managers, a managing general underwriter in property and casualty treaty reinsurance, as Executive Vice President. Building upon the reinsurance business that Ryan Re has built since its founding in 2019, Ryan joins to lead the firm’s strategic business development. He has ... Read the full article

Dunleavy named CUO of Aspen Re as Issavi joins Ryan Specialty

30th May 2019

Emil Issavi, previously the President, Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) and Managing Director of the Americas, Aspen Reinsurance, is leaving the firm to join Ryan Specialty Group (RSG) and its subsidiaries RSG Underwriting Managers, LLC and Ryan Re Underwriting Managers, LLC as Senior Executive. The announcement from Aspen Insurance Holdings and RSG ... Read the full article