Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced the promotion of Craig Taylor to the expanded role of Regional Head of Property, Australia & New Zealand.
Based in Sydney, Taylor brings over 25 years of property underwriting experience to the role. He joined BHSI seven years ago as Head of Property for Australia and will retain that role in addition to his new position.
Mark Lingafelter, Head of Australasia, BHSI, commented: “BHSI continues to grow our Technical Lines, Corporate and Mid-market books throughout Australia and New Zealand,”
“Over the last 7 years, Craig has led the development of our Property and Risk Engineering team in Australia, and developed a strong reputation for exceptional service and technical capability with our customers and brokers.
Craig will now take on a wider role, leading our New Zealand and Australian Property and Risk Engineering teams. We believe Berkshire brings unique capabilities to the market, and we are excited about the opportunity to further develop our Property business across the region.”
The news of Taylor’s new position follows BHSI’s announcement of Katharina Rütz promotion from Senior Underwriter for D&O to Head of Commercial Lines for E&P in Germany.
