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EX-10.4

 Exhibit 10.4 

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT 

THIS INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of July 26, 2021 between Ryan Specialty
Group Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Patrick G. Ryan (“Indemnitee”). 

WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve corporations as directors or officers or in other capacities unless they
are provided with adequate protection through insurance or adequate indemnification against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the corporation; 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has determined that, in order to attract and retain qualified
individuals, the Company will attempt to maintain on an ongoing basis, at its sole expense, liability insurance to protect persons serving the Company and its subsidiaries from certain liabilities. Although the furnishing of such insurance has been
a customary and widespread practice among United States-based corporations and other business enterprises, the Company believes that, given current market conditions and trends, such insurance may be available to it in the future only at higher
premiums and with more exclusions. At the same time, directors, officers and other persons in service to corporations or business enterprises are being increasingly subjected to expensive and time-consuming litigation relating to, among other
things, matters that traditionally would have been brought only against the corporation or business enterprise itself. The Bylaws of the Company (as amended or restated, the “Bylaws”) require indemnification of the officers and
directors of the Company. Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”). The Bylaws and the DGCL expressly provide that the indemnification provisions
set forth therein are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between the Company and members of the Board, officers of the Company and other persons with respect to indemnification; 

WHEREAS, the uncertainties relating to such insurance and to indemnification have increased the difficulty of attracting and retaining such
persons; 
 WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and retaining such persons is detrimental to the
best interests of the Company and its stockholders and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of such protection in the future; 

WHEREAS, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company contractually to obligate itself to indemnify, and to advance expenses on
behalf of, such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law so that they will serve or continue to serve the Company free from undue concern that they will not be so indemnified; 

WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Bylaws and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and shall not be
deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder; and 

 WHEREAS, Indemnitee may not be willing to serve or continue to serve as an officer or
director without adequate protection, and the Company desires Indemnitee to serve or continue to serve in such capacity; Indemnitee is willing to serve, continue to serve and take on additional service for or on behalf of the Company on the
condition that Indemnitee be so indemnified. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of Indemnitee’s agreement to serve as a director or
officer from and after the date hereof, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 1.    Indemnity of Indemnitee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 9 and the last sentence of Section 2, the Company hereby agrees to hold harmless and indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as such may be
amended from time to time, if Indemnitee was or is, or is threatened to be made, a party to, or otherwise becomes involved in, any Proceeding (as hereinafter defined) by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status (as hereinafter defined). In
furtherance of the foregoing indemnification, and without limiting the generality thereof: 
 (a)    Proceedings
other than Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. Indemnitee shall be entitled to the rights of indemnification provided in this Section l(a) if, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, Indemnitee is,
or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in, or otherwise becomes involved in, any Proceeding other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company. Pursuant to this Section 1(a), Indemnitee shall be
indemnified against all Expenses (as herein defined), judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee, or on Indemnitee’s behalf, in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue
or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful. 
 (b)    Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. Indemnitee
shall be entitled to the rights of indemnification provided in this Section 1(b) if, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any Proceeding
brought by or in the right of the Company. Pursuant to this Section 1(b), Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee, or on Indemnitee’s behalf, in connection
with such Proceeding if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company; provided, however, if applicable law so provides, no indemnification
against such Expenses shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter in such Proceeding as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally adjudged by a court to be liable to the Company unless and only to the extent that the court in which the
Proceeding was brought shall determine that Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification. 

(c)    Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, a party to or participant in and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter
therein, in whole or in part, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the maximum extent permitted by law, as such may be amended from time to time, against all Expenses actually and 

  
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reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise,
as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with each
successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. For purposes of this Section 1(c) and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be
deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter. 
 2.    Additional Indemnity. In addition
to, and without regard to any limitations on, the indemnification provided for in Section 1 of this Agreement, but subject to Section 9, the Company shall and hereby does, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee against all Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf if, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate
Status, Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company). The only limitation that shall exist upon the Company’s obligations pursuant to this
Agreement, other than those set forth in Section 9 hereof, shall be that the Company shall not be obligated to make any payment to Indemnitee that is finally determined (under the procedures, and subject to the
presumptions, set forth in Sections 6 and 7 hereof) to be unlawful. 
 3.    Contribution. 

(a)    Whether or not the indemnification provided in Sections 1 and 2 hereof is available, in respect of
any Proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall pay, in the first instance, the entire amount of any judgment or settlement of such action, suit or
proceeding without requiring Indemnitee to contribute to such payment and the Company hereby waives and relinquishes any right of contribution it may have against Indemnitee. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of a majority of
the Disinterested Directors, enter into any such settlement of any action, suit or proceeding (in whole or in part) unless such settlement (i) provides for a full and final release of all claims asserted against Indemnitee and (ii) does
not impose any Expense, judgment, fine, penalty or limitation on Indemnitee. 
 (b)    Without diminishing or impairing
the obligations of the Company set forth in the preceding subparagraph, if, for any reason, Indemnitee shall elect or be required to pay all or any portion of any judgment or settlement in any Proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with
Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall contribute to the amount of Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred and paid or payable by Indemnitee in proportion
to the relative benefits received by the Company and all officers, directors or employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), on the one hand, and
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events from which such action, suit or proceeding arose; provided, however, that the proportion determined on the basis of relative benefit may, to the extent necessary to conform
to law, be further adjusted by reference to the relative fault of the Company and all officers, directors or employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or
proceeding), on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, in connection with the transaction or events that resulted in such expenses, judgments, fines or settlement amounts, as well as any other equitable considerations which the law may
require to be considered. The relative fault of the Company and all officers, directors or employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who are jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such action, suit or proceeding), on the one
hand, and Indemnitee, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, the degree to which their actions were motivated by intent to gain personal profit or advantage, the degree to which their liability is primary or
secondary and the degree to which their conduct is active or passive 
 (c)    Subject to the standard outlined in
Section 1(a), to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company hereby agrees to fully indemnify and hold Indemnitee harmless from any claims of contribution which may be brought by officers, directors or
employees of the Company, other than Indemnitee, who may be jointly liable with Indemnitee. 
 (d)    To the fullest
extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred by
Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed
fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to such Proceeding,
and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or transaction(s). 

4.    Indemnification for Expenses of a Witness. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, a witness, is made (or asked) to respond to discovery requests, or is otherwise asked to participate, in any Proceeding
to which Indemnitee is not a party, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith. 

5.    Advancement of Expenses. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (other than
Section 9), the Company shall advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, all Expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding (or part of any Proceeding) not initiated by Indemnitee
(other than an action to enforce this right to advancement and indemnification provided herein) or any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee with the prior approval of the Board as provided in Section 9(d), within thirty
(30) days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements from Indemnitee requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding. Such statement or statements shall
reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee. Any advances pursuant to this Section 5 shall be unsecured and interest free. In accordance with 

  
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Section 7(d) of this Agreement, advances shall include any and all reasonable Expenses incurred pursuing an action to enforce this right of advancement or
indemnification provided herein, including Expenses incurred preparing and forwarding statements to the Company to support the advances claimed. This Section 5 shall not apply to claim by Indemnitee for expenses in a matter
for which indemnity and advancement of expenses is excluded pursuant to Section 9. The Indemnitee shall qualify for advances upon the execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement, which shall constitute an
undertaking providing that the Indemnitee undertakes to repay the amounts advanced (without interest) by the Company pursuant to this Section 5, if and only to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be
indemnified by the Company. No other form of undertaking shall be required other than the execution of this Agreement. 

6.    Procedures and Presumptions for Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification. It is the intent of this
Agreement to secure for Indemnitee rights of indemnity that are as favorable as may be permitted under the DGCL and public policy of the State of Delaware. Accordingly, the parties agree that the following procedures and presumptions shall apply in
the event of any question as to whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement: 
 (a)    To
obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to
determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification. The Secretary of the Company shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board in writing that Indemnitee has requested
indemnification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any failure of Indemnitee to provide such a request to the Company, or to provide such a request in a timely fashion, shall not relieve the Company of any liability that it may have to Indemnitee
unless, and to the extent that, such failure actually and materially prejudices the interests of the Company. 

(b)    Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of
Section 6(a) hereof, a determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto shall be made in the specific case by one of the following four methods: (1) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors
(as hereinafter defined), even though less than a quorum; (2) by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum; (3) if there are no Disinterested
Directors, or if the Disinterested Directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; or (4) if so directed by the Board, by the stockholders of the Company;
provided, however, that if a Change in Control has occurred, the determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification shall be made by Independent Counsel. For purposes hereof, Disinterested Directors are
those members of the Board who are not parties to the action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee. 

(c)    In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel, the
Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 6(c). If a Change in Control has not occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be 

  
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selected by the Board, and the Company shall give written notice to the Indemnitee advising Indemnitee of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. Indemnitee may, within 10 days after
such written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Company a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected
does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 12 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and
timely objection, the Person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If a written objection is made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a
court has determined that such objection is without merit. If a Change in Control has occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Indemnitee (unless the Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Board, in which event
the preceding sentence shall apply), and approved by the Board within 20 days after notification by Indemnitee. If (i) an Independent Counsel is to make the determination of entitlement pursuant to this Section 6, and
(ii) within 20 days after submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 6(a) hereof, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected (including as a result of an objection to the
selected Independent Counsel), either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Delaware Court (as defined herein)or other court of competent jurisdiction for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by Indemnitee to the
Company’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a Person selected by the court or by such other Person as the court shall designate, and the Person with respect to whom all objections are so
resolved or the Person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 6(b) hereof. The Company shall pay any and all reasonable fees and expenses of Independent Counsel incurred by such Independent Counsel in
connection with acting pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof, and the Company shall pay all reasonable fees and expenses incident to the procedures of this Section 6(c), regardless of the manner in which
such Independent Counsel was selected or appointed. 
 (d)    In making a determination with respect to entitlement to
indemnification hereunder, the Person making such determination shall to the fullest extent permitted by law presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the
burden of proof to overcome such presumption. Neither the failure of the Company (including by its directors or independent legal counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this Agreement that
indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Company (including by its directors or Independent Counsel) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable
standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct. 

(e)    Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitee’s action is based on the records or
books of account of the Enterprise (as hereinafter defined), including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the
Enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Enterprise. In addition, the knowledge and/or
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agent or employee of the Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement. Whether or not the foregoing provisions of
this Section 6(e) are satisfied, it shall in any event be presumed that Indemnitee has at all times acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Company. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence. 

(f)    If the Person empowered or selected under this Section 6 to determine whether Indemnitee
is entitled to indemnification shall not have made a determination within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Company of the request therefor, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall to the fullest extent permitted
by law be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not
materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law; provided, however, that such 60-day period may
be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional fifteen (15) days, if the Person making such determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time to obtain or evaluate
documentation and/or information relating thereto; and provided, further, that the foregoing provisions of this Section 6(f) shall not apply if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made
by the stockholders pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement and if (A) within fifteen (15) days after receipt by the Company of the request for such determination, the Board or the Disinterested Directors, if
appropriate, resolve to submit such determination to the stockholders for their consideration at an annual meeting thereof to be held within seventy-five (75) days after such receipt and such determination is made thereat, or (B) a special
meeting of stockholders is called within fifteen (15) days after such receipt for the purpose of making such determination, such meeting is held for such purpose within sixty (60) days after having been so called and such determination is
made thereat. 
 (g)    Indemnitee shall cooperate with the Person making such determination with respect to
Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such Person upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to
Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the Person making such determination shall be borne by the
Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and the Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom. 

(h)    The Company acknowledges that a settlement or other disposition short of final judgment may be successful if it
permits a party to avoid expense, delay, distraction, disruption and uncertainty. In the event that any action, claim or proceeding to which Indemnitee is a party is resolved in any manner other than by adverse judgment against Indemnitee
(including, without limitation, settlement of such action, claim or proceeding with or without payment of money or other consideration) it shall to the fullest extent permitted by law be presumed that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or
otherwise in such action, suit or proceeding. Anyone seeking to overcome this presumption shall have the burden of proof and the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence. 

  
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 (i)    The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or
matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to
indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that
Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful. 
 7.    Remedies of
Indemnitee. 
 (a)    In the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to
Section 6 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement,
(iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification is made pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement within thirty (30) days (or such longer period as provided in Section 6(b)) after receipt by the
Company of the request for indemnification or (iv) payment of indemnification is not made within ten (10) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or such determination is deemed to have been
made pursuant to Section 6 of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication in the Delaware Court of Indemnitee’s entitlement to such indemnification, contribution or advancement of Expenses.
Alternatively, Indemnitee, at Indemnitee’s option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The Company shall not oppose
Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration. 
 (b)    In the event that a
determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this
Section 7 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits, and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of the adverse determination under Section 6(b). In
any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 7, Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to indemnification under this Agreement and the Company shall have the burden of proving Indemnitee is
not entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be, and the Company may not refer to or introduce into evidence any determination pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement adverse to Indemnitee
for any purpose other than to establish its compliance with the terms of this Agreement. If Indemnitee commences a judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to this Section 7, Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse
the Company for any advances pursuant to Section 5 until a final determination is made with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification (as to which all rights of appeal have been exhausted or lapsed). 

(c)    If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 6(b) of this Agreement that
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such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 7, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an
omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s misstatement not materially misleading, in connection with the application for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law. 

(d)    In the event that Indemnitee, pursuant to this Section 7, incurs costs, in a judicial or
arbitration proceeding or otherwise, attempting to enforce Indemnitee’s rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement, or to recover under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the
Company, the Company shall pay on Indemnitee’s behalf, in advance, any and all expenses (of the types described in the definition of Expenses in Section 12 of this Agreement) actually and reasonably incurred by
Indemnitee in such efforts, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement of expenses or insurance recovery, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. It is the intent of the
Company that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Indemnitee not be required to incur legal fees or other Expenses associated with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement by
litigation or otherwise because the cost and expense thereof would substantially detract from the benefits intended to be extended to Indemnitee hereunder. 

(e)    The Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, be precluded from asserting in any judicial
proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 7 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such
arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement. 
 (f)    Notwithstanding anything in
this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement shall be required to be made prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding. 

8.    Non-Exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Insurance; Subrogation. 

(a)    The rights of indemnification and to receive advancement of Expenses as provided by this Agreement shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Amended & Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (as amended or restated, the “Charter”), the
Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders, a resolution of directors or otherwise, of the Company. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this
Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in Indemnitee’s Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in the DGCL, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits
greater indemnification than would be afforded currently under the Charter, Bylaws and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. No right or
remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity
or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy. 

  
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 (b)    The Company shall, if commercially reasonable, obtain and
maintain in effect during the entire period for which the Company is obligated to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement, one or more policies of insurance with reputable insurance companies to provide the directors and officers of the Company
with coverage for losses from wrongful acts and omissions and to ensure the Company’s performance of its indemnification obligations under this Agreement. Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their
terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any such officer or director under such policy or policies. In all such insurance policies, Indemnitee shall be named as an insured in such a manner as to provide Indemnitee with the same
rights and benefits as are accorded to the most favorably insured of the Company’s directors and officers. At the time of the receipt of a notice of a claim pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement
of such proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts
payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies. 
 (c)    In the event of any
payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including
execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights. 
 (d)    The
Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable (or for which advancement of Expenses is provided) hereunder if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment
under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise. 
 (e)    The Company’s obligation to indemnify or
advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be
reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise. 

9.    Exception to Right of Indemnification. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not
be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnity or advancement of expenses in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee: 

(a)    for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other
indemnity provision, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision; or 

(b)    for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of
the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act (as hereinafter defined), or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law; or 

  
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 (c)    for reimbursement to the Company of any bonus or other
incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company, in each case as required under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting
restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) or Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in connection with an
accounting restatement of the Company or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act); 

(d)    in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee, including any
Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Company has joined in or the Board authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any
Proceeding) prior to its initiation, (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law, or (iii) the Proceeding is one to enforce Indemnitee’s
rights under this Agreement or; 
 (e)        any reimbursement of the Company by Indemnitee of any
compensation pursuant to any compensation recoupment or clawback policy adopted by the Board or the compensation committee of the Board, including but not limited to any such policy adopted to comply with stock exchange listing requirements
implementing Section 10D of the Exchange Act. 
 10.    Non-Disclosure
of Payments. Except as expressly required by the securities laws of the United States of America, neither party shall disclose any payments under this Agreement unless prior approval of the other party is obtained. If any payment information
must be disclosed, the Company shall afford the Indemnitee an opportunity to review all such disclosures and, if requested, to explain in such statement any mitigating circumstances regarding the events to be reported. 

11.    Duration of Agreement. All agreements and obligations of the Company contained herein shall continue until
and terminate upon the later of (i) twenty (20) years after the date that Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as a director or officer of the Company or a director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of
any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise which Indemnitee served at the request of the Company, and (ii) one (1) year after the final termination of any Proceeding (including any rights
of appeal thereto) in respect of which Indemnitee is granted rights of indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder and of any Proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement relating
thereto (including any rights of appeal of any Section 7 Proceeding). Termination of this Agreement shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any Indemnitee in respect of any Proceeding (regardless of
when such Proceeding is first threatened, commenced or completed) arising out of, or related to, any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such termination. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable
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their respective successors (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company),
assigns, spouses, heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives. 
 12.    Definitions. For purposes of
this Agreement: 
 (a)    “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning given to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that Beneficial Owner shall exclude any Person otherwise becoming a Beneficial Owner by reason of the stockholders of the Company approving a merger of
the Company with another entity. 
 (b)    “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur upon the
earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events: 
 (i) Acquisition of Stock by Third
Party. Any Person (as defined below), other than (A) certain affiliates of the Onex Corporation or (B) the Ryan Parties, which are the unitholders (other than the Company) of Ryan Specialty Group, LLC, which is controlled by Patrick G.
Ryan, the Company’s founder, chairman and chief executive officer and certain members of his family and various trusts over which Patrick G. Ryan exercises control, individually, or collectively with members of his family and its affiliates,
and other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of
stock of the Company, is or becomes the Beneficial Owner (as defined above), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities, unless the
change in relative Beneficial Ownership of the Company’s securities by any Person results solely from a reduction in the aggregate number of outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; 

(ii) Change in Board of Directors. During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period prior
to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board, and any new director (other than a director designated by a Person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction
described in Section 12(b)(i), 12(b)(iii) or 12(b)(iv)) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute
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 (iii) Corporate Transactions. The effective date of a merger or
consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by
remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation and
with the power to elect at least a majority of the board of directors or other governing body of such surviving entity; and 

(iv) Liquidation. The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation of the Company or an
agreement or series of agreements for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, or, if such approval is not required, the decision by the Board to proceed with such a liquidation, sale, or
disposition in one transaction or a series of related transactions. 
 (c)    “Corporate Status”
describes the status of a person who is or was (i) a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company, any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company, or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise that such person is or was serving at the express written request of the Company or (ii) a Beneficial Owner of the Company’s common stock or other equity securities of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or (iii) in control or able to influence the Company or any of its subsidiaries. 

(d)    “Enterprise” shall mean the Company and any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise that Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, employee, agent or fiduciary. 

(e)    “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

(f)    “Expenses” shall include all reasonable attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript
costs, fees of experts and other professionals, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, and all other disbursements or
expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, participating, or being or preparing to be a witness in a Proceeding, or responding to, or objecting to, a request
to provide discovery in any Proceeding. Expenses also shall include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on Indemnitee as a result of the actual or

  
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deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including without limitation the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond or
its equivalent. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee. 

(g)    “Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters
of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five (5) years has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning
Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term
“Independent Counsel” shall not include any Person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine
Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and disbursements of the Independent Counsel referred to above and to fully indemnify such counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and
damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto. 

(h)    “Person” shall have the meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act;
provided, however, that Person shall exclude (i) the Company, (ii) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, and (iii) any corporation owned, directly or indirectly,
by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company. 

(i)    “Proceeding” includes any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, claim, counterclaim,
cross claim, arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise and
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party or otherwise, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, by reason of any action taken by Indemnitee or of any inaction on
Indemnitee’s part while acting pursuant to Indemnitee’s Corporate Status ; in each case whether or not Indemnitee is acting or serving in any such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification can be
provided under this Agreement; including one pending on or before the date of this Agreement, but excluding one initiated by an Indemnitee pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement to enforce Indemnitee’s rights under
this Agreement. 
 13.    Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section, paragraph or sentence of this
Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent
permitted by law; (ii) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the fullest extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (iii) to the fullest extent
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Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section, paragraph or sentence of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is
not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement is intended to confer upon Indemnitee and Nominating Member
indemnification rights to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws. 
 14.    Enforcement and Binding
Effect. 
 (a)    The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumed the
obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as a director or officer of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving or continuing to serve as a director or officer
of the Company. 
 (b)    Without limiting any of the rights of Indemnitee under the Charter or Bylaws of the Company
as they may be amended from time to time, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between
the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. 
 (c)    The indemnification and advancement of expenses
provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Agreement shall be binding upon and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or
otherwise to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company), shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or of any other Enterprise at the Company’s request,
and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and Indemnitee’s spouse, assigns, heirs, devisees, executors and administrators and other legal representatives. 

(d)    The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation
or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such
succession had taken place. 
 (e)    The Company and Indemnitee agree herein that a monetary remedy for breach of this
Agreement, at some later date, may be inadequate, impracticable and difficult of proof, and further agree that such breach may cause Indemnitee irreparable harm. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree that Indemnitee may enforce this Agreement by
seeking injunctive relief and/or specific performance hereof, without any necessity of showing actual damage or irreparable harm and that by seeking injunctive relief and/or specific performance, Indemnitee shall not be precluded from seeking or
obtaining any other relief to which Indemnitee may be entitled. The Company and Indemnitee further agree that Indemnitee shall be entitled to such specific performance and injunctive relief, including temporary restraining orders, preliminary
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waiver, a bond or undertaking may be required of Indemnitee by the court and the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by law, hereby waives any such requirement of such a bond or undertaking.

 15.    Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification, termination or amendment of this Agreement shall
be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver
constitute a continuing waiver. 
 16.    Notice By Indemnitee. Indemnitee agrees promptly to notify the Company
in writing upon being served with or otherwise receiving any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding or matter which may be subject to indemnification or advancement of Expenses
covered hereunder. The failure to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of any obligation which it may have to Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise unless and only to the extent that such failure or delay materially prejudices
the Company. 
 17.    Notices. All notices and other communications given or made pursuant to this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be deemed effectively given: (i) upon personal delivery to the party to be notified, (ii) when sent by confirmed electronic mail or facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and if not
so confirmed, then on the next business day, (iii) five (5) days after having been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (iv) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight
courier, specifying next day delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent: 

(a)    To Indemnitee at the address set forth below Indemnitee’s signature hereto. 

    To the Company at: 

    Ryan Specialty Group Holdings, Inc. 

    Attention: General Counsel 

    180 N. Stetson Avenue 

    46th Floor 

    Chicago, IL 60601 

    E-mail: [****] 

    And 

    Ryan Specialty Group Holdings, Inc. 

    Attention: Chief Financial Officer 

    180 N. Stetson Avenue 

    46th Floor 

    Chicago, IL 60601 

    E-mail: [****] 

  
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 or to such other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee by the Company or to the Company by
Indemnitee, as the case may be. 
 18.    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. This Agreement may also be executed and delivered by facsimile signature and in two or more counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 

19.    Headings. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not
be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof. 
 20.    Usage of
Pronouns. Use of the masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include usage of the feminine pronoun where appropriate. 

21.    Governing Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be
governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Except with respect to any
arbitration commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement, the Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection
with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Court”), and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country,
(ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on and as of the
day and year first written above. 
  

	
	RYAN SPECIALTY GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.
	
	 By:_/s/ Jeremiah R. Bickham

	
	 Name: Jeremiah R. Bickham

Title: Chief Financial Officer

	
	INDEMNITEE
	
	 /s/ Patrick G. Ryan

	 Name: Patrick G. Ryan

	
	 Address: [****]

	  

  
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PAGE TO INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENTEX-10.5

 Exhibit 10.5 

DIRECTOR NOMINATION AGREEMENT 

THIS DIRECTOR NOMINATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of July 26, 2021, by and among Ryan
Specialty Group Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Patrick G. Ryan (and, together with certain members of his family and various trusts identified on Schedule I hereto, the “Ryan
Parties”) and Onex RSG Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Onex”). This Agreement shall become effective (the “Effective Date”) upon the closing of the Company’s initial public offering (the
“IPO”) of shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”). 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Ryan Parties collectively own a majority of the outstanding equity interests of Ryan Specialty Group, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company (“Holdings”); 
 WHEREAS, the Board of Holdings is contemplating causing the Company
to effect the IPO; 
 WHEREAS, in consideration of the Board of the Company agreeing to undertake the IPO, the Company has agreed to permit
the Ryan Parties and Onex to designate persons for nomination for election to the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) following the Effective Date on the terms and conditions set forth herein; 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each of the parties to this Agreement agrees as follows: 

1.    Board Nomination Rights. 
  

	 	(a)	 (x) From the Effective Date, the Ryan Parties shall have the right, but not the obligation, to designate
(i) all of the nominees (with the exception of the Onex Nominee (as defined below)) for election to the Board for so long as the Ryan Parties Beneficially Own (as defined below), in the aggregate, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total number
of shares of the Class A Common Stock and the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock” and together with the Class A Common Stock, the
“Common Stock”) Beneficially Owned by the Ryan Parties upon completion of the IPO, as adjusted for any reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or similar changes in the Company’s
capitalization (the “Original Amount”); (ii) 50% of the nominees for election to the Board for so long as the Ryan Parties Beneficially Own, in the aggregate, more than 40%, but less than 50% of the Original Amount; (iii) 40% of the
nominees for election to the Board for so long as the Ryan Parties Beneficially Own, in the aggregate, more than 30%, but less than 40% of the Original Amount; (iv) 30% of the nominees for election to the Board for so long as the Ryan Parties
Beneficially Own, in the aggregate, more than 20%, but less than 30% of the Original Amount; and (v) 20% of the nominees for election to the Board for so long as the Ryan 

	 	
Parties Beneficially Own, in the aggregate, more than 10%, but less than 20% of the Original Amount (each such person, a “Ryan Party Nominee”, and together, the “Ryan
Party Nominees”). Upon the death or disability of Patrick G. Ryan, or at such time that he is longer on the Board or actively involved in the operations of the Company, the Ryan Parties will no longer hold the nomination rights specified in
(i) through (v); however, the Ryan Parties will continue to have the right to designate one Ryan Party Nominee for so long as the Ryan Parties Beneficially Own, in the aggregate, 10% or more of the Original Amount. 

(y) From the Effective Date, Onex shall have the right, but not the obligation, to designate one person for election to the Board for so long
as Onex Beneficially Owns more than 50% or more of the Original Amount (the “Onex Nominee” and, together with the Ryan Party Nominees, the “Nominees” and individually, a “Nominee”). 

 

	 	(b)	 In the event that the Ryan Parties have nominated less than the total number of designees that the Ryan Parties
shall be entitled to nominate pursuant to Section 1(a), the Ryan Parties shall have the right, at any time, to nominate such additional designees to which it is entitled, in which case, the Company and the Directors (as
defined below) shall take all necessary corporation action, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law (including with respect to fiduciary duties under Delaware law), to (x) enable the Ryan Parties to nominate and effect the election or
appointment of such additional individuals, whether by increasing the size of the Board, or otherwise and (y) to designate such additional individuals nominated by the Ryan Parties to fill such newly created vacancies or to fill any other
existing vacancies. 

  

	 	(c)	 In the event that Onex has not nominated its one designee that Onex shall be entitled to nominate pursuant to
Section 1(a), Onex shall have the right, at any time, to nominate such designee to which it is entitled, in which case, the Company and the Directors (as defined below) shall take all necessary corporation action, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law (including with respect to fiduciary duties under Delaware law), to (x) enable Onex to nominate and effect the election or appointment of such individual, whether by increasing the size of the Board,
or otherwise and (y) to designate such individual nominated by Onex to fill such newly created vacancy or to fill any other existing vacancy. 

  

	 	(d)	 The Company shall pay all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Nominee in connection with the performance of his or her duties as a Director and in connection with his or her attendance at any
meeting of the Board. 

  

	 	(e)	 “Beneficially Own” shall mean that a specified person has or shares the right, directly or
indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, to vote shares of capital stock of the Company. “Affiliate” of any person shall mean any other person controlled by, controlling or under
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correlative meanings, “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means possession, directly or indirectly, of power to
direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities, by contract or otherwise). 

  

	 	(f)	 “Director” means any member of the Board. 

 

	 	(g)	 No reduction in the number of shares of Common Stock that the Ryan Parties or Onex Beneficially Owns shall
shorten the term of any incumbent Director. At the Effective Date, the Board shall be comprised of 12 members and the initial Ryan Party Nominees shall be (i) Patrick G. Ryan, (ii) Timothy W. Turner, (iii) Nicholas D. Cortezi,
(iv) Henry S. Bienen, (v) David P. Bolger, (vi) Michelle L. Collins, (vii) William J. Devers, (viii) D. Cameron Findlay, (ix) Andrew J. McKenna, (x) Michael D. O’Halleran, and (xi) John W. Rogers, Jr. The
Onex Nominee shall be Robert Le Blanc. 

  

	 	(h)	 (i) In the event that any Ryan Party Nominee shall cease to serve for any reason, the Ryan Parties shall be
entitled to designate such person’s successor in accordance with this Agreement (regardless of the Ryan Parties’ Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock at the time of such vacancy) and the Board shall promptly fill the vacancy with such
successor nominee; it being understood that any such designee shall serve the remainder of the term of the Director whom such designee replaces. 

(ii) In the event that the Onex Nominee shall cease to serve for any reason, Onex shall be entitled to designate such person’s successor
in accordance with this Agreement (regardless of Onex’s Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock at the time of such vacancy) and the Board shall promptly fill the vacancy with such successor nominee; it being understood that any such designee
shall serve the remainder of the term of the Director whom such designee replaces. 
  

	 	(i)	 (i) With respect to the Ryan Party Nominees, if a Ryan Party Nominee is not appointed or elected to the Board
because of such person’s death, disability, disqualification, withdrawal as a Nominee or for other reason is unavailable or unable to serve on the Board, the Ryan Parties shall be entitled to designate promptly another Nominee and the director
position for which the original Ryan Party Nominee was nominated shall not be filled pending such designation. 

 (ii)
With respect to the Onex Nominee, if the Onex Nominee is not appointed or elected to the Board because of such person’s death, disability, disqualification, withdrawal as a Nominee or for other reason is unavailable or unable to serve on the
Board, Onex shall be entitled to designate promptly another Nominee and the director position for which the original Onex Nominee was nominated shall not be filled pending such designation. 

 

	 	(j)	 So long as the Ryan Parties or Onex have the right to nominate at least one (1) Nominee under this
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Company shall maintain in effect at all times directors and officers indemnity insurance coverage reasonably satisfactory to the Ryan Parties and Onex, and the Company’s Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws (each as may be further amended, supplemented or waived in accordance with its terms) shall at all times provide for indemnification, exculpation and advancement of expenses to the fullest
extent permitted under applicable law. 

  

	 	(k)	 Except as provided for in Section 1(b) hereof, at any time that the Ryan Parties shall have any nomination
rights under this Section 1, the Company shall not increase or decrease the number of Directors serving on the Board without the prior written consent of the Ryan Parties having such rights. 

 

	 	(l)	 At such time as the Company is required by applicable law or The New York Stock Exchange (the
“Exchange”) listing standards to have a majority of the Board comprised of “independent directors” (subject in each case to any applicable phase-in periods), the Nominees shall
include a number of persons that qualify as “independent directors” under applicable law and the Exchange listing standards such that, together with any other “independent directors” then serving on the Board that are not
Nominees, the Board is comprised of a majority of “independent directors”. 

  

	 	(m)	 At any time that the Ryan Parties shall have any nomination rights under this
Section 1, the Company shall not take any action, including making or recommending any amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Amended and Restated Bylaws (each as may be further
amended, supplemented or waived in accordance with its terms) that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Ryan Parties’ or Onex’s rights under this Agreement, in each case without the prior written consent of the Ryan Parties
or Onex, as applicable. 

  

	 	(n)	 The Ryan Parties hereby agree to be present in person or by proxy and vote or cause to be voted all Common
Stock Beneficially Owned by the Ryan Parties at each annual or special meeting of the Company at which Directors of the Company are to be elected, in favor of, or to take all actions by written consent in lieu of any such meeting as are necessary,
or other necessary action, to cause the election of the Ryan Party Nominees described in Section 1(a) in accordance with, and otherwise to achieve the composition of the Board and effect the intent of, the provisions of
this Section 1. 

  

	 	(o)	 The Company recognizes that Nominees (i) will from time to time receive
non-public information concerning the Company, and (ii) may share such information with other individuals associated with the Ryan Parties or Onex. The Company hereby irrevocably consents to such sharing.
The Ryan Parties and Onex agree that they will keep confidential and not disclose or divulge to any third party any confidential information regarding the Company it receives from the Company or a Nominee, unless such information (x) is known
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in general, (y) is or has been independently developed or conceived by the Ryan Parties or Onex without use of the Company’s confidential information or (z) is or has been made
known or disclosed to the Ryan Parties or Onex by a third party without a breach of any obligation of confidentiality such third party may have; provided, however, that the Ryan Parties and Onex may disclose confidential information
(I) to its Affiliates (other than portfolio companies), (II) to each of its and its Affiliates’ (other than portfolio companies) attorneys, accountants, consultants, advisors and other professionals to the extent necessary to obtain their
services in connection with evaluating the information, or (III) as may be required by law or legal, judicial or regulatory process or requested by any regulatory or self-regulatory authority or examiner, provided that the Ryan Parties
and Onex take reasonable steps to minimize the extent of any required disclosure described in this clause (III). 

2.    Company Obligations. The Company agrees that prior to the date that the Ryan Parties and its Affiliates or
Onex, as applicable, cease to have the right to nominate at least one (1) Nominee under Section 1, (i) each Nominee is included in the Board’s slate of nominees to the stockholders (the “Board’s Slate”) for each
election of Directors; and (ii) each Nominee is included in the proxy statement prepared by management of the Company in connection with soliciting proxies for every meeting of the stockholders of the Company called with respect to the election
of members of the Board (each, a “Director Election Proxy Statement”), and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and on every action or approval by written consent of the stockholders of the Company or the Board with respect
to the election of members of the Board. The Ryan Parties will promptly report to the Company after the Ryan Parties cease to Beneficially Own shares of Common Stock representing at least 10% of the total voting power of the Original Amount, such
that the Company is informed of when this obligation terminates. Onex will promptly report to the Company after Onex ceases to Beneficially Own shares of Common Stock representing more than 50% of the Original Amount, such that the Company is
informed of when this obligation terminates. The calculation of the number of Nominees that the Ryan Parties or Onex is entitled to nominate to the Board’s Slate for any election of Directors shall be based on the percentage of the Original
Amount Beneficially Owned by the Ryan Parties or Onex immediately prior to the mailing to shareholders of the Director Election Proxy Statement relating to such election (or, if earlier, the filing of the definitive Director Election Proxy Statement
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Unless the Ryan Parties or Onex notifies the Company otherwise prior to the mailing to shareholders of the Director Election Proxy Statement relating to an election of Directors, the Nominees for
such election shall be presumed to be the same Nominees currently serving on the Board, and no further action shall be required of the Ryan Parties or Onex for the Board to include such Nominees on the Board’s Slate; provided that, in
the event the Ryan Parties or Onex are no longer entitled to nominate the full number of Nominees then serving on the Board, the Ryan Parties or Onex shall provide advance written notice to the Company, of which currently servicing Nominee(s) shall
be excluded from the Board’s Slate, and of any other changes to the list of Nominees. If the Ryan Parties or Onex fail to provide such notice prior to the mailing to shareholders of the Director Election Proxy Statement relating to such
election (or, if earlier, the filing of the definitive Director Election Proxy Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission), a majority of the independent directors then serving on the Board shall determine which of the Nominees of
the Ryan Parties or Onex then serving on the Board will be included in the Board’s 

  
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Slate.    The Company agrees to provide written notice of the preparation of a Director Election Proxy Statement to the Ryan Parties and Onex at least 20 business days, but no
more than 40 business days, prior to the earlier of the mailing and the filing date of any Director Election Proxy Statement. 

3.    Voting. 
  

	 	(a)	 The Ryan Parties Representative. The holders of a majority of the Common Stock held by the Ryan Parties
shall appoint an individual member of the Ryan Parties to serve as the authorized representative of the Ryan Parties for purposes of this Agreement and for whom written notice shall be delivered to the Company. All decisions by the Ryan Parties
under this Agreement shall be made by the authorized representative of the Ryan Parties. The initial Ryan Parties representative is Patrick G. Ryan until his death, disability or his election to cease to serve as the authorized representative of the
Ryan Parties for purposes of this Agreement and for which notice to such effect has been given in writing (and notarized) by Patrick G. Ryan to the Company. 

  

	 	(b)	 Support of Directors. Each of the members of the Ryan Parties shall vote all of the Common Stock
Beneficially Owned (directly or indirectly) by such Person in favor of appointing each Ryan Party Nominee. 

4.    Chair; Committees. 
  

	 	(a)	 For so long as the Ryan Parties hold the nomination rights specified in Section 1(a)(i)—(v) hereof,
the Ryan Parties have the right to nominate the chairman of the Board. 

  

	 	(b)	 From and after the Effective Date hereof until such time as the Ryan Parties and its Affiliates cease to
Beneficially Own Common Stock representing at least 10% of the Original Amount, the Ryan Parties shall have the right to designate one member of each committee of the Board, provided that any such designee shall be a Director and shall be
eligible to serve on the applicable committee under applicable law or listing standards of the Exchange, including any applicable independence requirements (subject in each case to any applicable exceptions, including those for newly public
companies and for “controlled companies,” and any applicable phase-in periods). Any additional members shall be determined by the Board. Nominees designated to serve on a Board committee shall have
the right to remain on such committee until the next election of Directors, regardless of the number of shares of Common Stock the Ryan Parties Beneficially Own following such designation. Unless the Ryan Parties notify the Company otherwise prior
to the time the Board takes action to change the composition of a Board committee, and to the extent the Ryan Parties Beneficially Own the requisite percentage of the Original Amount for the Ryan Parties to nominate a Board committee member at the
time the Board takes action to change the composition of any such Board committee, any Ryan Party Nominee currently designated by the Ryan Parties to serve on a committee shall be presumed to be re-designated
for such committee. 

  
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 5.    Amendment and Waiver. Any provision of this Agreement may
be amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an amendment, by the Company and the Ryan Parties, or in the case of a waiver, by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective;
provided that if the amendment materially and adversely affects the rights of Onex hereunder, the amendment or waiver will only be effective to the extent signed by Onex. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege
hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be
cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. The Ryan Parties and Onex shall not be obligated to nominate all (or any) of the Ryan Party Nominees or the Onex Nominee, as applicable, they are entitled to nominate pursuant
to this Agreement for any election of Directors but the failure to do so shall not constitute a waiver of their rights hereunder with respect to future elections; provided, however, that in the event the Ryan Parties or Onex fails to
nominate all (or any) of the Ryan Party Nominees or the Onex Nominee, as applicable, it is entitled to nominate pursuant to this Agreement prior to the mailing to shareholders of the Director Election Proxy Statement relating to such election (or,
if earlier, the filing of the definitive Director Election Proxy Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission), the Compensation & Governance Committee (or such committee with such delegated responsibility) of the Board shall
be entitled to nominate individuals in lieu of such Nominees for inclusion in the Board’s Slate and the applicable Director Election Proxy Statement with respect to the election for which such failure occurred and the Ryan Parties or Onex, as
applicable, shall be deemed to have waived its rights hereunder with respect to such election; provided, further, however, that any such waiver shall only be effective if the Company has provided written notice to the Ryan
Parties or Onex, as applicable, of such Director Election Proxy Statement no less than 20 business days, and no more than 40 business days, prior to the earlier of the mailing or filing date of such Director Election Proxy Statement. The rights and
remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. 

6.    Benefit of Parties. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective permitted successors and assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Ryan Parties. Except as otherwise expressly provided
in Section 7, nothing herein contained shall confer or is intended to confer on any third party or entity that is not a party to this Agreement any rights under this Agreement. 

7.    Assignment. Upon written notice to the Company, the Ryan Parties and Onex may assign to any Affiliate (other
than a portfolio company) all of its rights hereunder. 
 8.    Headings. Headings are for ease of reference only
and shall not form a part of this Agreement. 

  
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 9.    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the law of the State of Delaware without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof. 

10.    Jurisdiction. Any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter
arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement may be brought against any of the parties in any federal court located in the State of Delaware or any Delaware state court, and each of the parties hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction
of such court (and of the appropriate appellate courts) in any such suit, action or proceeding and waives any objection to venue laid therein. Process in any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether
within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each of the parties agrees that service of process upon such party at the address referred to in Section 17, together with written notice
of such service to such party, shall be deemed effective service of process upon such party. 
 11.    WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. 

12.    Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and negotiations, both written and oral among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. 

13.    Counterparts; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed an original. This Agreement shall become effective when each party shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by each of the other parties. An executed copy or counterpart hereof delivered by facsimile shall be deemed an original
instrument. 
 14.    Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance shall be invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and shall be enforced to the greatest extent
permitted by law. 
 15.    Further Assurances. Each of the parties hereto shall execute and deliver such further
instruments and do such further acts and things as may be required to carry out the intent and purpose of this Agreement. 

16.    Specific Performance. Each of the parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision
of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms and
provisions hereof in any federal or state court located in the State of Delaware, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. 

  
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 17.    Notices. All notices, requests and other communications to
any party or to the Company shall be in writing (including telecopy or similar writing) and shall be given, 
 If to the Company:

 Ryan Specialty Group Holdings, Inc. 

Two Prudential Plaza 
 180 N.
Stetson Avenue 
 Suite 4600 

Chicago, IL 60601 

Attention:    General Counsel 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice): 

Kirkland & Ellis LLP 

300 N. LaSalle 
 Chicago, IL 60654

 Attention:    Robert M. Hayward, P.C. 

        Robert E. Goedert, P.C. 

        Craig J. Garvey 

Facsimile:    (312) 862-2200 

If to any member of the Ryan Parties or any of its Ryan Party Nominees: 

c/o Patrick G. Ryan 
 Ryan
Enterprises Group 
 150 N. Michigan Ave, Suite 2100, 

Chicago, IL 60603 

Attention:    Patrick G. Ryan 

Email:         [****] 

If to Onex or the Onex Nominee: 

c/o Onex Corporation 
 712 Fifth
Avenue 
 New York, NY 10019 

Attention:    Bobby LeBlanc 

Email:         [****] 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice): 

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP 

One New York Plaza 
 New York, New
York 10004 
 Attention:    Daniel Bursky and David Shaw 

Facsimile:    [****] 

Email:     [****] 

  
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 or to such other address or telecopier number as such party or the Company may hereafter specify for the
purpose by notice to the other parties and the Company. Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective when delivered at the address specified in this Section 17 during regular business hours. 

18.    Enforcement. Each of the parties hereto covenants and agrees that the disinterested members of the Board
have the right to enforce, waive or take any other action with respect to this Agreement on behalf of the Company. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the date first above
written. 
  

			
	RYAN SPECIALTY GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Patrick G. Ryan

	Name: Patrick G. Ryan
	Title: Chief Executive Officer

 [Signature Page to Director Nomination Agreement] 

 THE RYAN PARTIES: 

/s/ Patrick G. Ryan 

Patrick G. Ryan 

On his behalf and on behalf of the individuals, trusts 

and entities identified on Schedule 1 hereto. 

[Signature Page to Director Nomination Agreement] 

 ONEX RSG HOLDINGS LP 

By: Onex RSG GP Inc., its general partner 

By: /s/ Todd Clegg 

Name: Todd Clegg 

Title: Vice President 

[Signature Page to Director Nomination Agreement] 

 SCHEDULE I 

THE RYAN PARTIES 

[Intentionally Omitted] 

[Schedule I—The Ryan Parties]

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