MARCH 15, 2024 | CHICAGO, IL – RT Specialty, the wholesale distribution division of Ryan Specialty (NYSE: RYAN), a leading international specialty insurance firm, is pleased to announce the promotion of Marissa Moscowitz to Chief Operating Officer.

Marissa has over 15 years of information technology, business intelligence and business operations experience and has been with RT Specialty since 2019. During her tenure at the firm, Marissa has been instrumental in acquisition integration as well as strategic planning and execution. In her new role as Chief Operating Officer, Marissa is driving RT Specialty’s commitment to automation, process improvement and operational excellence. Additionally, she is absorbing the business training teams and RT Connector (RT’s proprietary digital E&S marketplace) support teams.

Commenting on Marissa’s new role, Ed McCormack, President of RT Specialty, said, “We are thrilled to have Marissa officially join our executive team as RT’s COO. Her time at Ryan Specialty and RT have shown that she’s a difference maker, collaborator and leader.”

Furthering this sentiment, Michael VanAcker, Executive Vice President of RT Specialty, remarked, “Marissa is an incredibly dedicated, talented, and solutions-oriented professional. She and the teams she’s built have thrived in servicing RT Specialty’s fast-paced production teams and their demands. This well deserved promotion is reinforcing RT’s commitment to operational excellence.”

About RT Specialty

RT Specialty is a leading wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products and services and the wholesale broking specialty of Ryan Specialty. The firm’s specialist brokers handle an expansive mix of property, casualty, professional lines, transportation, personal lines and workers’ compensation insurance products, on both an open market and delegated authority basis. RT Specialty’s entrepreneurial spirit is combined with advanced risk modeling, market access, and claims advocacy to provide excellent solutions to its clients. Regardless of account size – big or small – RT Specialty is dedicated to providing lightning fast, expert advice, advocacy and execution on behalf of our retail broker clients. rtspecialty.com

About Ryan Specialty

Founded in 2010, Ryan Specialty is a service provider of specialty products and solutions for insurance brokers, agents and carriers. Ryan Specialty provides distribution, underwriting, product development, administration and risk management services by acting as a wholesale broker and a managing underwriter with delegated authority from insurance carriers. Ryan Specialty’s mission is to provide industry-leading innovative specialty insurance solutions for insurance brokers, agents and carriers. ryanspecialty.com

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Alice Phillips Topping
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Alice.Topping@ryanspecialty.com, 312-635-5976