Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company, the insurance arm of Warren Buffett’s global insurance and reinsurance company, is expanding its mining underwriting capabilities to the UK.
The expansion sees BHSI continue to round out its global mining capabilities, which are currently driven by mining industry specialists based in Australia and Canada.
Subsequently, the company has named Matthew Gooda as Senior Underwriter, Property, and Alun Morris as Risk Control Consultant, focused on the sector.
Gooda comes to BHSI with 20 years of insurance experience and was previously Leader of the Global Mining Practice at Marsh.
He also spent six years in the mining industry as Global Insurance Manager for Anglo American, a diversified mining company.
Morris has 11 years of risk engineering experience specialising in high hazard exposures.
He joins from Global Risk Consultants, where he was a Consultant Engineer and Leader of its Mining Focus Group.
“We are pleased to expand our global team and expertise with the additions of Matthew and Alun, as we continue to build out our mining insurance capabilities in the UK and around the world,” said Chris Colahan, Head of UK and Europe, BHSI.
“We look forward to partnering with more mining operations to provide sound property and casualty solutions, backed by BHSI’s long-view underwriting, financial strength and service excellence.”
