Nature of Operations

Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc., (the “Company”) is a service provider of specialty products and solutions for insurance brokers, agents, and carriers. These services encompass distribution, underwriting, product development, administration, and risk management by acting as a wholesale broker and a managing underwriter or a program administrator with delegated authority from insurance carriers. The Company’s offerings cover a wide variety of sectors including commercial, industrial, institutional, governmental, and personal through one operating segment, Ryan Specialty. With the exception of the Company’s equity method investment, the Company does not take on any underwriting risk.

The Company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and has operations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Singapore. The Company’s Class A common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “RYAN”.

Organization

Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc., was formed as a Delaware corporation on March 5, 2021, for the purpose of completing an IPO and to carry on the business of the LLC. New Ryan Specialty, LLC, or New LLC, was formed as a Delaware limited liability company on April 20, 2021, for the purpose of becoming, subsequent to our IPO, an intermediate holding company between Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc., and the LLC. The Company is the sole managing member of New LLC. New LLC is a holding company with its sole material asset being a controlling equity interest in the LLC. The Company operates and controls the business and affairs of the LLC through New LLC and, through the LLC, conducts its business. Accordingly, the Company consolidates the financial results of New LLC, and therefore the LLC, and reports the non-controlling interests of New LLC’s Common Units on its consolidated financial statements. As the LLC is substantively the same as New LLC, for the purpose of this document, we will refer to both New LLC and the LLC as the “LLC”. As of March 31, 2024, the Company owned 45.6% of the outstanding LLC Common Units.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated interim financial statements and notes thereto have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Certain information and disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial information. These consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 28, 2024. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for the full fiscal year due to seasonality and other factors.

In the opinion of management, the consolidated interim financial statements include all normal recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for all periods presented. Certain prior period amounts in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

Principles of Consolidation

The unaudited consolidated interim financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries that it controls due to ownership of a majority voting interest or pursuant to variable interest entity (“VIE”) accounting. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

The Company, through its intermediate holding company New LLC, owns a minority economic interest in, and operates and controls the businesses and affairs of, the LLC. The LLC is a VIE of the Company and the Company is the primary beneficiary of the LLC as the Company has both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the LLC’s economic performance and has the obligation to absorb losses of, and receive benefits from, the LLC, which could be significant to the Company. Accordingly, the Company has prepared these consolidated financial statements in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 810, Consolidation (“ASC 810”). ASC 810 requires that if an entity is the primary beneficiary of a VIE, the assets, liabilities, and results of operations of the VIE should be included in the consolidated financial statements of such entity. The Company’s relationship with the LLC results in no recourse to the general credit of the Company and the Company has no contractual requirement to provide financial support to the LLC. The Company shares in the income and losses of the LLC in direct proportion to the Company’s ownership percentage.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the unaudited consolidated interim financial statements and notes thereto requires management to make estimates, judgments, and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the unaudited consolidated interim financial statements and in the notes thereto. Such estimates and assumptions could change in the future as circumstances change or more information becomes available, which could affect the amounts reported and disclosed herein.

Significant Accounting Policies

There have been no material changes in the Company’s significant accounting policies from those that were disclosed for the year ended December 31, 2023 in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 28, 2024.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07 Segment Reporting (Topic 280) — Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which requires disclosure of incremental segment information on an annual and interim basis. This ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The amendments in this ASU should be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this ASU on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09 Income Taxes (Topic 740) — Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which includes amendments that further enhance income tax disclosures, primarily through standardization and disaggregation of rate reconciliation categories and income taxes paid by jurisdiction. This ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this ASU on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

New Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted

In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-01 Compensation — Stock Compensation (Topic 718) — Scope Application of Profits Interest and Similar Awards, which provides illustrative examples to demonstrate how an entity should apply the scope guidance in paragraph 718-10-15-3 to determine whether profits interests and similar awards should be accounted for in accordance with Topic 718. This ASU is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, but early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted this standard retrospectively on January 1, 2024 with no material impact to the consolidated financial statements or disclosures.

In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-02 Codification Improvements — Amendments to Remove References to the Concept Statements, which removes references to various FASB Concepts Statements which will simplify the Codification and draw a distinction between authoritative and nonauthoritative literature. This ASU is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, but early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted this standard prospectively on January 1, 2024 with no material impact to the consolidated financial statements or disclosures.