Associate director and commercial property placement specialist
Age: 31
As Wortham Insurance’s associate director, Richard Bryan Jr. specializes in commercial property placement with emphasis on large midstream and downstream energy clients and those in the chemical and petrochemical, mining, technology, and food distribution services industries. Currently, Bryan’s key responsibilities include designing and negotiating large quota share and layered programs.
Bryan has become the largest contributor to independent midstream energy facility in Lloyd’s of London. Other notable accomplishments include having negotiated the settlement of contingent business interruption claims in a continuing soft market, which contributed to a client retention rate of more than 95%. He also has helped clients save as much as 35% in total insurance costs on a year-over-year basis.