Patrick Gavin
CEO & President
Patrick Gavin serves as CEO and President of Alive Risk, a part of Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers. Alive Risk is a specialty insurance leader in the amusement, entertainment, special events and sports and leisure industries with expansive brokerage access and in-house underwriting authority.
Kathryn Ryan
Global Head of Operations
Kathryn is the Global Head of Operations for Alive Risk, a part of Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers. Kathryn joined Alive Risk in 2014 and is responsible for driving strategic initiatives and ensuring operational excellence across the business.
Rodney Gerbers
Director of Amusement Underwriting
Rodney is the Director for Amusement Underwriting at Alive Risk, a part of Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers. He joined Alive Risk in 2015 and is responsible for leading the amusement underwriting team in providing a solution-based underwriting approach along with tailored coverages.
Scott Carroll
Director of Entertainment Underwriting
Scott is the Director of Entertainment Underwriting at Alive Risk, a part of Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers. He joined Alive Risk in 2025 and is responsible for leading the entertainment underwriting team in providing a focus on event services and live event entertainment insurance.
Amy Riggers
Director of Sports & Leisure Underwriting
Amy is the Director of Sports & Leisure Underwriting at Alive Risk, a part of Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers. Amy joined Alive Risk in 2023 and has led the sports underwriting team in delivering customized and creative insurance solutions for sports and motorsports risks.
Lowery Robinson
Vice President – International Prize Indemnity Development Head
Lowery is the Vice President, Head of International Prize Indemnity Development at Alive Risk, a part of Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers. He joined Alive Risk in October of 2024 and has a focus on special events, incentive bonus, prize indemnity contingency coverages and professional sports A&H.
Carrie Santonastaso
Chief Operating Officer
Carrie is the COO at Alive Risk, a part of Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers. She joined Alive Risk from EverSports in October of 2024 and is responsible for delivering solutions, process innovation and user support for the firm’s underwriting teams to do their best work.
Aristotle Moulopoulos
Executive Entertainment Production Specialist
Aristotle Moulopoulos is an Executive Production Specialist for the Entertainment division of Alive Risk, a part of Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers. He joined Alive Risk in 2016 and has been instrumental in driving growth in the entertainment book of business for Alive Risk through his strategic development of agency relationships and innovative underwriting processes.
Connection to Ryan Specialty
Alive Risk is a part of the Ryan Specialty family. Ryan Specialty is a service provider of specialty products and solutions for insurance brokers, agents and carriers. Ryan Specialty provides distribution, underwriting, product development, administration and risk management services by acting as a managing underwriter and a wholesale broker. Ryan Specialty’s mission is to provide industry-leading innovative specialty insurance solutions for insurance brokers, agents and carriers. ryanspecialty.com (NYSE: RYAN)
Ryan Specialty was founded in 2010 by Patrick G. Ryan, the widely respected insurance veteran, founder and former Chairman and CEO of Aon Corporation. Mr. Ryan saw the need in the marketplace for a specialty organization dedicated exclusively to creating sophisticated insurance solutions for risks that demand innovation, proven leadership, outstanding industry expertise and quality services on behalf of brokers, agents and carriers.
Within Ryan Specialty, Alive Risk falls within the Underwriting Managers specialty. Underwriting Managers delivers an independent and entrepreneurial approach to the specialty lines space by providing a unique platform for operational, legal, actuarial and technical support. Underwriting Managers’ exceptional resources and back-office support allows underwriters to focus on the risk itself, delivering a superior level of service to brokers, agents and carriers.
