Big Interview: SRG CEO Warren Downey and deputy CEO Lee Anderson
Specialist Risk Group CEO Warren Downey and deputy CEO Lee Anderson explain how Marsh snapping up JLT created a gap in the market for a "great alternative for great specialists."
Formed in 2019, Specialist Risk Group has grown rapidly since former JLT colleagues Warren Downey and Lee Anderson were brought in to head up the business.
“We are building the kind of company that
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