RYAN SPECIALTY - Key Persons
Based in the City of London, Alex Das joined LifeScienceRisk in July 2020 to establish the international arm of the underwriting platform. Recognising the global nature of the Life Science industry, LifeScienceRisk International and LifeScienceRisk EEA are now well positioned to provide primary and excess liability insurance solutions for non-US domiciled participants in the sector.
Alex commenced his casualty insurance underwriting career in 1993, arriving at LifeScienceRisk from QBE Europe, where he was responsible for leading their European Life Science team. Prior to QBE, Alex spent 12 years at Newline Syndicate and was with Gerling Konzern before that. Alex has extensive experience writing liability programmes for a wide variety of companies, from start-ups to major global innovators, across territories spanning Europe and Asia.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- CEO of LifeScience Risk
Catherine Gill is CEO of LifeScience Risk, a part of Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers. Catherine joined LifeScience Risk in October of 2012 to help build the facility and grow the MGU to where it stands today. She started as Senior Underwriter before being promoted to Underwriting Director and then Chief Underwriting Officer, and now she leads the LifeScience Risk team. Catherine is recognized as a proven leader in the life science liability arena and has a track record of delivering great value to carrier partners, brokers and clients.
Prior to joining LifeScience Risk, Catherine was with CNA Insurance Company for seven years as a dedicated life science underwriter. During her tenure, she worked her way through the ranks from Underwriting Trainee in 2005 to Underwriting Consultant when she left in 2012.
Catherine has worked with a broad cross section of the industry from start-ups to Fortune 500 firms, including pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, device and nutritional supplement companies. Catherine holds a Bachelor of Arts from New York University.
Charlie Mann joined LifeScienceRisk in June 2020. As Underwriter Trainee, Charlie focuses on the nutritional and dietary supplement business. He supports the LifeScienceRisk team and develops relationships with producers, expanding his range of industry skills and knowledge.
Charlie began his career with Ryan Specialty in May 2019 as Underwriting Technical Assistant, supporting a collection of business groups which included the LifeScienceRisk team.
A 2019 graduate of Indiana University with a BA in Economics and Political Science, Charlie has obtained his IL insurance license and is currently working on his CPCU designation.
Eric Rush is a Senior Underwriter at LifeScienceRisk. He brings over 25 years of experience in the Commercial P&C Insurance Industry. Since May of 2006, Eric's area of expertise has been focused on the Life Science and Technology industries.
Over the span of Eric's career, he has worked across a vast array of product lines, including Property and Casualty, Workers' Compensation, Products Liability, Clinical Trials and Professional Liability, as well as international coverages. Prior to joining LifeScienceRisk, Eric developed Property and Casualty capabilities within the Life Science vertical at Navigators Management Company with responsibilities across the entire country. Before joining Navigators Management Company, Eric was an Underwriting Consultant at OneBeacon Technology Insurance. Eric started his insurance career at FHP / Great States Insurance Company, where he began as Assistant Underwriter and then was quickly promoted to Underwriter.
Eric holds a Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science from Ball State University, Muncie, IN, where he also minored in Foundations of Business.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Managing Director at LifeScienceRisk International
London-based underwriter, Tom Daniels is Managing Director at LifeScienceRisk International and joined LifeScienceRisk in September 2023. Tom will lead the team to provide primary and excess liability insurance solutions for non-US domiciled participants in the sector from start-up to major global innovators.
Tom Daniels has eighteen years of international insurance experience, the last nine of which he spent growing and managing a portfolio of life science risks at HDI Global in London. In that time, he established himself as one of the leading underwriters in the sector, providing insurance solutions for manufacturers and distributors of pharmaceuticals and medical devices along with consumer healthcare companies and their clinical trial activities.
Tom also has 5 years experience broking with Marsh, and 2 further years managing international programmes with ACE Insurance Company.