Hiscox's Matt Bernal moves to Ryan Specialty Group

RT Specialty, a wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty Group, has hired Hiscox's Matt Bernal as vice president for its property practice group based in San Francisco.

Bernal joins RT Specialty with fifteen years of property insurance experience. His previous position was with Hiscox, where he managed property for all their territories outside the Southeast. He focused on catastrophe-exposed national accounts, with target markets including mixed real estate, offices, healthcare, habitational, hospitality, municipal bonds, education, warehousing, and light manufacturing.

Prior to joining with Hiscox, he spent seven years as a property/construction wholesale broker with Cooper Gay, Risk Placement Services (RPS), and RT Specialty.

Matt Young, executive vice president, said: “We are excited that Matt Bernal has joined RT San Francisco, bringing his expertise to E&S Property and Frame Construction as we continue to grow in this marketplace.”

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