# Katie Davies

> Katie Daley Davies is the Miami-based CEO of JEM Underwriting Managers, part of Ryan Specialty. Her career spans brokerage, US property underwriting and leadership of specialist underwriting businesses, including Amwins Special Risk Underwriters, Technical Risk Underwriters and PERse North America. She was the first woman on the London Market Association’s US property committee and helped found Ryan Specialty’s WOW! employee resource group.

- **Role:** CEO at JEM Underwriting Managers
- **Organizations:** JEM Underwriting Managers, Ryan Specialty, Technical Risk Underwriters, PERse North America, Amwins Special Risk Underwriters, ACE / Chubb, Marsh, Aon, WOW! (Women. Opportunity. Winning!), Georgetown University Allegiance Committee, YPO, Boys and Girls Club of Chicago Guild Board, Economic Club of Chicago
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in government, with a concentration in international relations, Georgetown University
- **Known for:** First woman to sit on the London Market Association’s US property committee., Founding member of WOW!, Ryan Specialty’s women-focused employee resource group., Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers Executive of the Year, 2023.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Begins insurance career with an Aon internship in London; later brokers power risks for Marsh in London and New York.
- **—** — Underwrites US property at ACE’s AGM 2488 Lloyd’s syndicate; later becomes Midwest regional property manager in Chicago.
- **2009–2018** — President of Amwins Special Risk Underwriters.
- **2018** — Joins Ryan Specialty to lead a new property catastrophe underwriting facility as president and CEO.
- **2020** — Documented as president and CEO of JEM and TRU and a member of Geneva Re’s underwriting committee.
- **2022** — Continues as TRU CEO when Chris Burns is appointed president.
- **2023** — Appointed CEO of PERse North America on April 27, retaining JEM and TRU CEO roles at the time.
- **2025** — Participates in an insurance and reinsurance market panel featured in Ryan Specialty’s March recap.

## Achievements

- First woman to sit on the London Market Association’s US property committee.
- Founding member of WOW!, Ryan Specialty’s women-focused employee resource group.
- Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers Executive of the Year, 2023.
- Insurance Business America Elite Women honoree, 2020 and 2023.
- Insurance Business America Hot 100 2024 honoree.
- Founding member of a YPO chapter in Miami.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — JEM’s January 2026 apartment, difference-in-conditions and buyback materials list Katie Davies as CEO.
- **2025-03** — Ryan Specialty featured her participation in “The State of the (Re)Insurance Market” panel at the annual women’s leadership event hosted by APIW and NYCAIW.

## Links

- Website: https://ryanspecialty.com/leader/katie-davies/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-davies-0266b825

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Last updated: 2026-10-23