Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI), a division of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, has announced a number of leadership moves in its North America casualty business.
Based in Chicago, Matt Hale will be overseeing BHSI’s regional casualty underwriting teams across the country as Head of U.S. Casualty Underwriting Operations.
In this new role he will also work closely with Galan Riley, Head of Casualty, Canada, to coordinate BHSI’s North American casualty strategies.
Also based in Chicago, Marcie Stephan has been appointed Head of Casualty, U.S. Central Region. She will oversee BHSI’s casualty underwriting teams, except construction, in the Central U.S.
John Roe was appointed Head of North American Construction, including Construction Casualty, Construction Professional Liability, and Homebuilders Liability.
Based in New York, he will oversee BHSI’s U.S. construction underwriting team and support the build out of construction casualty field operations. He will also work closely with Riley, aligning the company’s U.S. and Canadian construction casualty strategies.
Commenting on the appointments, Kathy Reid, Head of Casualty, North America, BHSI, said: “BHSI takes great pride in building long-term relationships with our casualty customers and brokers.
“With these appointments we are drawing on our deep bench of talent as we scale up to respond to market demand for solutions supported by our CLAIMS IS OUR PRODUCT philosophy and stellar financial strength.”
