Insurance brokerage Ryan Specialty rises 9% in NYSE debut, valued at $6.5 billion

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The stock opened at $25.60 per share, higher than the initial public offering price of $23.50 per share.

The company on Wednesday raised $1.34 billion by pricing about 57 million shares at the midpoint of an earlier announced range of $22 to $25 each.

Ryan, who also founded Aon (NYSE:AON) Plc, started his namesake firm in 2010 to provide specialty products for insurance brokers and agents as well as underwriting and risk management services.

The Chicago-based company has so far completed 40 acquisitions, the largest of which was the deal with wholesale insurance broker All Risks in 2020.

J.P. Morgan, Barclays (LON:BARC), Goldman Sachs & Co (NYSE:GS) and Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) Securities were the lead book-running managers.