Angela Buenning

Angela Buenning
Media Liability Product Lead
angela.buenning@celerityrisk.com
(816) 994-6410

Angela is a seasoned insurance professional with over 20 years of experience in the industry. She began her career as an Underwriting Assistant at Media/Professional Insurance, which was acquired by AXIS Capital in 2007 from AON. While at AXIS, she transitioned into a Business Systems Analyst role and supported both the IT and Underwriting teams in developing and testing a new underwriting platform before training all underwriters and assistants on the new platform. In 2010, she joined the start-up and first Managing General Underwriter (MGU) of Ryan Specialty – ThinkRisk Underwriting Agency. At ThinkRisk, Angela played a crucial role in building out the first underwriting system, establishing processes and procedures for all operations, and creating reports for budgeting, carrier reporting, and underwriting performance. Transitioning to underwriting in 2013, she helped establish and maintain broker relationships and build a stable portfolio of Media, Miscellaneous Professional, and Cyber Liability accounts, eventually rising to the Media Practice Lead role in 2019 with EmergIn Risk. Continuing her 15-year tenure with Ryan Specialty, Angela now leads a team of Media Liability underwriters at Celerity Risk and continues to build strong relationships with brokers and carriers.

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Angela Buenning
Media Liability Product Lead
(816) 994-6410

Angela is a seasoned insurance professional with over 20 years of experience in the industry. She began her career as an Underwriting Assistant at Media/Professional Insurance, which was acquired by AXIS Capital in 2007 from AON. While at AXIS, she transitioned into a Business Systems Analyst role and supported both the IT and Underwriting teams in developing and testing a new underwriting platform before training all underwriters and assistants on the new platform. In 2010, she joined the start-up and first Managing General Underwriter (MGU) of Ryan Specialty – ThinkRisk Underwriting Agency. At ThinkRisk, Angela played a crucial role in building out the first underwriting system, establishing processes and procedures for all operations, and creating reports for budgeting, carrier reporting, and underwriting performance. Transitioning to underwriting in 2013, she helped establish and maintain broker relationships and build a stable portfolio of Media, Miscellaneous Professional, and Cyber Liability accounts, eventually rising to the Media Practice Lead role in 2019 with EmergIn Risk. Continuing her 15-year tenure with Ryan Specialty, Angela now leads a team of Media Liability underwriters at Celerity Risk and continues to build strong relationships with brokers and carriers.

Brooke Tanner, Esq.
Head of Claims
Brooke is responsible for managing the claims process across the entire global MGU, and acts as a conduit between the Lead Underwriters and EmergIn to advise on underwriting intent and represent our position within the claims adjusting process. She joined Emergin in 2022, and has played a critical role in drafting the new ConvergIn Risk Media Solutions Policy, as well as centralizing the management and organization of claims within EmergIn. Additionally, she provides legal and practical oversight and review with respect to coverage determinations, policy language, and application of same within the marketplace.

Prior to joining EmergIn, Brooke practiced insurance law as a general liability litigator, coverage counsel, and data privacy/breach response counsel at various law firms located in New York City. Additionally, she worked as a claims adjuster, claims counsel, and data privacy/intellectual property manager for Rockville Risk Management, a third-party administrator. This provided her with extensive experience in claims adjusting/management, coverage disputes, policy interpretations and wordings, coverage position drafting, and efficient resolution of claims.

Brooke has a B.A. in U.S. History and a J.D. She has been a member of the New York State Bar since 2009.
Richard Winborn
President
Richard is President of Celerity Risk, joining Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers in 2024 as part of its acquisition of Innovisk Capital Partners. Richard is a former corporate lawyer who joined the M&A insurance market as a broker in 2008. Since becoming an M&A underwriter in the financial lines division of a global insurer in 2010, Richard has held various senior leadership positions within the insurance market. Partnering with Innovisk, Richard launched Themis in 2019, which he ran successfully for six years prior to joining Ryan Specialty.
Patrick Mitchell
Chief Underwriting Officer / Chief Operations Officer
Bringing over 20 years of management and professional liability underwriting expertise, Patrick Mitchell joined Celerity Risk (formerly CorRisk Solutions) in 2024. He began his career at AIG, rising to various leadership positions including managing AIG’s SME Financial Lines team and portfolio in 2014. Patrick became the Management Liability Product Head for Hiscox USA in 2016, developing and launching a new policy form and innovative rate plan. In 2019, he joined Coalition, Inc. as the Executive Risks Lead, securing carrier partnerships and building and launching a best-in-class broker portal and underwriting system.
Mallory Harvey
Head of Strategic Initiatives
Mallory joined Celerity Risk (formerly CorRisk Solutions) in 2024.
Mallory began her career on the broker side in construction, where she managed consolidated wrap-up insurance programs for (inter)national general contractors and project owners. There, she handled multiple lines of coverage including Workers Compensation, General Liability, Auto Liability, Excess/Umbrella Liability, Professional Liability, and Contractor’s Pollution/Environmental Liability.

After her time at Alliant, Mallory transitioned to the carrier side by joining Arch Insurance’s Miscellaneous Professional Liability – Large Business Group. There, she specialized in underwriting Miscellaneous Professional Liability, Cyber Liability, Media Liability, and Technology E&O for entities with $500M-$2B+ in revenue.

Mallory then served as Program Underwriting Manager for Allied World’s North American Programs Division. While managing national multi-line programs and playing a key role in onboarding new programs, Mallory worked with over a dozen P&C lines of business, such as those tailored for auto dealers, security guards, contractors, financial entities, and restaurant franchises.

Since starting in the industry, Mallory has earned her CPCU, RPLU, ARM, ARe, and CRIS.
Jamie Bouloux
Chief Executive Officer
At Celerity Risk, Jamie leads the charge on strategy, policy and governance and acts as the capstone underwriter for all risks. Prior to his role within Celerity Risk (formerly CorRisk Solutions), Jamie launched EmergIn Risk London in 2015 after leading various cyber, technology, and media departments across CFC Underwriting and AIG.