Ryan Specialty reveals new senior leadership roles

Insurance brokerage and services firm  Ryan Specialty has unveiled senior leadership appointments within its Underwriting Managers business unit.

Tom Curran (Pictured) is appointed chief wholesale distribution officer, and James Shaffer chief retail distribution officer.

Curran specialises in the wholesale insurance marketplace and has over 25 years’ experience in the industry. He most recently served as chief marketing officer for WKFC Underwriting Managers and its subsidiaries, CorRisk Solutions and AgRisk Underwriters, all Ryan Specialty managing general underwriters.

Curran joined WKFC in 2005 and has held various sales, marketing and distribution roles focused on delivering specialty insurance products to wholesale brokers. His previous positions in the industry include Branch Manager at All Risks, Risk Management Practice at PwC, and Wholesale Broker at Kerwick & Curran.

Shaffer has served as executive vice president, sales & marketing for SUITELIFE Underwriting Managers for the past three years. Prior to Ryan Specialty’s acquisition of the SUITELIFE business from Venture Programs in 2019, he served as executive vice president of that organisation, where he spent 20 years of his career in programme development, programme operations, sales and marketing, servicing the needs of the national retail network. His insurance career has spanned 30 years, primarily focused on the retail specialty programme marketplace.

Miles Wuller, president & CEO Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers, said: “These two new roles are part of our ongoing commitment to deliver additive shared resource to our managing general underwriters and programmes as well hone our delivery to the distinct needs of industry distribution channels.”

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