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PRESENTERS
Ryan Armijo Carey Bond
Amwins Underwriting Lloyd’s
Ryan Armijo currently serves as the Carey has over 30 years in the US
Chief Operating Officer of Amwins’ Insurance Industry as a claims
Underwriting Division, supporting expert. His background includes a
11 operating companies. He is multi-line claims career handling
responsible for building technology Trucking, Litigation, Commercial and
platforms for the division’s programs, Residential Property, Construction
creating new underwriting capacities Defect, Workers Compensation and
and partners, and driving operational efficiencies across General Liability. Bond also served 30 years in the US Army/
the division. Prior to joining the Underwriting Division, Army Reserve, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel with combat
Ryan was Vice President at Amwins Access where he built tours to Iraq and Afghanistan. He received the Bronze Star
out proprietary products, led underwriting data initiatives as well as other military awards over his military career.
and managed strategic carrier relationships. He is currently the US Head of Claims for Lloyd’s. His focus
Ryan specializes in Small Commercial Product Build, P&C is impacting claims performance in the US as well as
Underwriting and Technology/Insurtech. Previously, he market development responsibilities.
served as vice president of business development for
Hamilton Insurance. Ryan received his MBA from the NYU
Stern School of Business and his Bachelor’s degree in
Finance from the University of Notre Dame. Jim Blinn
Advisen, a Zywave Company
Jim Blinn is Executive Vice President
of Client Solutions at Advisen. In this
Desmond Bohan role, Jim helps drive success with
BMS Re both new and existing Advisen clients.
Desmond Bohan joined BMS in He was previously responsible for the
July 2019 and currently serves global teams that develop and grow
as Executive Vice President on Advisen’s proprietary databases. He
the Origination Team, as well as also worked closely with Advisen’s global sales & client
a member of the BMS Programs management teams by directing Advisen’s consulting and
Specialty Practice and Head of the content development engagements. He also leads the
Captives Specialty Practice. In this popular quarterly D&O litigation webinar series. Jim joined
capacity he focuses on production of new business, and Advisen as a Principal in 2002. He previously served as a
the growth and management of programs placement/ Managing Partner at Ernst & Young and worked at Reliance
reinsurance across the US. He has accumulated 18 National in the Risk Management Services Division. Jim
years of reinsurance experience, beginning in 2004 with began his insurance career in 1980 as a Principal at
Frates Reinsurance Intermediary. After 13 years with Tillinghast where he worked for 11 years. Jim received a
Frates, and eventually becoming co-majority shareholder, Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and
Desmond joined JLT Re as part of their acquisition of Frates. Computer Science from Yale University, and he received
Desmond focused on a wide range of property and casualty his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of
placements with a heavy specialization in MGA programs Pennsylvania. He currently serves on the Board of Directors
and captives. Desmond graduated from the University of the Spencer Educational Foundation, and he is a
of Connecticut with a B.S. in History and holds the CPCU previous member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of Risk
and ARe designations. Management and The Self-Insurer magazines. Jim also co-
authored the ARM 56 textbook, and he is a past Chairman
of the Self-Insurance Institute of America.
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