RT Specialty and Ryan Alternative Risk, Ryan Specialty’s wholesale brokerage and alternative risk divisions, respectively, have expanded RT FLEX, a proprietary follow-line facility that provides RT Specialty brokers access to additional capacity across a broad range of specialty insurance products.
Launched in 2025, RT FLEX is a multi-line platform spanning property, casualty, and professional and executive liability. Its current lines include property, builder’s risk, excess casualty, construction, professional liability, directors and officers liability, errors and omissions liability, employment practices liability, fiduciary liability and medical professional liability.
RT FLEX follows established market leaders and provides up to 50% of a controlled layer, subject to underwriting approval and capacity availability, while aligning with the pricing, terms and conditions set by lead carriers.
Combining Ryan Alternative Risk’s underwriting infrastructure with RT Specialty’s distribution platform, the facility gives retail brokers a coordinated approach to complex placements, with consistency across layers.
Available exclusively through RT Specialty, the facility is backed by centralised underwriting oversight, actuarial expertise, portfolio management, and advanced analytics.
The platform addresses a range of exposures, including middle-market and large-account property, complex construction projects, excess casualty programmes, and professional and executive liability risks.
Ben Newton, Chief Underwriting Officer of Ryan Alternative Risk, said, “By pairing access to capacity with the strength of RT Specialty’s distribution platform, we’ve built a scalable solution that helps brokers address property, casualty, and professional and executive liability placements through one coordinated process.
“Our goal is simple: give brokers an efficient path for handling complex placements while maintaining underwriting excellence.”
“RT FLEX gives our brokers flexibility and access to proprietary capacity with a broad appetite across multiple lines of business,” added Ryan Grimes, CEO of the National Casualty Practice, RT Specialty. “As market needs evolve, it’s another meaningful resource for retail brokers and their clients.”
The addition of professional and executive liability capabilities broadens the platform’s reach beyond property and casualty into management and professional liability solutions.
David Derigiotis, CEO, RT ProExec, said, “This is a meaningful enhancement for our professional and executive liability brokers. Proprietary capacity, at the speed and scale complex accounts actually need. For our clients, this means fewer moving pieces on some of their hardest-to-place risks.”
