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Ryan Specialty Appoints Katie Davies to CEO & Jeff Smith to President of PERse’s North American Operations

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Topics: Market Moves MGAs Renewables

Mike Bernay, the preceding CEO of PERse, will serve as a senior advisor to the business for the next 100 days as he moves into retirement...

Mike was a founder of PERse in 2011 and has led an exceptional career as a business builder and a pioneer in the renewable energy space.

Katie Davies has spent her career underwriting and building facilities and teams dedicated to heavily engineered and cat-exposed risks. Katie has focused the greater portion of her career in property underwriting; however, she began her insurance career broking power industry risks in London and New York. Katie will continue to serve as CEO of JEM Underwriting Managers (cat property) and Technical Risk Underwriters (builder’s risk).

Jeff Smith is a founding member of PERse and has spent his career in renewables MGU space. Jeff is becoming President of PERse while maintaining his role as Chief Underwriting Officer. Jeff has been instrumental in the launch and growth of PERse where he has been a leader for the company in underwriting, engineering and claims management.

Commenting on PERse’s leadership, Miles Wuller, CEO & President of Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers, said, “Congratulations to Mike forsuch an exceptional career in the renewables space and for launching the PERse brand for Ryan Specialty 12+ years ago. We, his Ryan colleagues and friends, wish him all the best. In this leadership transition, I am excited to see Katie share her expertise and existing platform resources in capital management, loss control, and engineering to PERse. Moreover, thisis a great recognition of Jeff’s exceptional contribution to building and leading PERse.”

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