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10 July 2019Insurance

Ryan Specialty bags group chief compliance officer from Chubb

Chicago-based specialty insurance services business Ryan Specialty Group (RSG) has appointed Michael Blackshear as senior vice president and global chief compliance officer.

Blackshear joins RSG with over 27 years of financial service and executive experience in compliance and risk management. His previous position was with Chubb Insurance Group, where he served as the North America chief compliance officer, developing and maintaining their North American compliance programme. He was responsible for Chubb’s North American compliance framework integration and transformation during the ACE/Chubb merger.

Prior to that, Blackshear held various leadership roles with Marsh & McLennan Companies, focusing on compliance and government affairs. Before that, he held compliance and risk management-oriented advisory roles for both KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Patrick Ryan, founder, chairman and CEO of RSG, said: “We are delighted to have Michael join the RSG family. We have known Michael for a long time and have great respect for him, his depth of experience and accomplishments. Michael will be a critical member of our senior management team.”

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