Ryan Specialty Promotes RT Specialty Leaders Austenfeld and Houska
Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc. has promoted Brenda (Ballard) Austenfeld and Chris Houska to CEO and president of their respective RT Specialty practices, the wholesale brokerage specialty within Ryan Specialty.
Austenfeld, CEO and president of RT Specialty’s National Property Practice, has been with RT Specialty since 2013, joining with the acquisition of Westrope, where she was a partner with the firm.
Houska, CEO and president of RT Specialty’s national casualty practice, joined RT Specialty as part of the original founding group in 2010 and has more than 30 years of casualty insurance experience.
Ryan Specialty is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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