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Berkshire (BHSI) enters Irish surety market, Sean Mulvey to lead
19th March 2026
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has launched surety capabilities in Ireland and appointed Sean Mulvey to lead the new product line as Head of Surety. Based in Dublin, Mulvey brings more than a decade of surety underwriting and corporate banking experience to his new role. He joined BHSI from Advent Risk Management, ... Read the full article
Berkshire Hathaway (BHSI) promotes Portbury as President, AME & CEO, Hong Kong
4th March 2026
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), an insurer offering commercial property, casualty, and specialty coverage, has appointed Marcus Portbury in dual roles as Regional President, Asia Middle East (AME), and Chief Executive (CEO) of the Hong Kong Branch, subject to regulatory approval. Portbury will continue to be based in Hong Kong, and ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) launches enhanced D&O offering in the UK
14th January 2026
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), a commercial property and casualty insurer, has expanded its operations in the UK with the launch of Executive First D&O Liability+, its enhanced UK D&O offering for large commercial and financial organisations trading their securities on US exchanges. Executive First D&O Liability+ is part of BHSI’s ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) expands primary casualty line to Italy
13th January 2026
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), a commercial property and casualty insurer that provides tailored solutions to businesses of all sizes, has expanded its operations in Italy with the launch of primary casualty policies for national and multinational risks. The policy covers public liability, employers’ liability, and product liability, which can be ... Read the full article
BHSI launches Group Personal Accident and Business Travel Insurance in the UK
18th September 2025
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has entered the Accident & Health Market in the UK, expanding the company’s global A&H footprint. BHSI launched Group Personal Accident and Business Travel Insurance, a new product tailored for UK companies of all sizes, created to address both every day and emerging risks of domestic ... Read the full article
BHSI adds Anna Spink as Head of Marine, Australasia
5th September 2025
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), a provider of commercial property, casualty, and specialty insurance solutions, has appointed Anna Spink as Head of Marine, Australasia. In her new role, Spink will be based in Sydney and lead the marine specialty lines, including marine cargo, marine liability, marine hull, pleasure craft, plant and ... Read the full article
BHSI promotes Irfan Esa to Head of National Business, UK
18th August 2025
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), a provider of commercial property, casualty, and specialty insurance solutions, has promoted Irfan Esa to Head of National Business in the UK. Esa brings over two decades of experience in the UK insurance industry. He joined BHSI in July 2020 as Manager of National Property, UK. Prior ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) promotes two senior leaders in Dubai
28th July 2025
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), a provider of commercial property, casualty, and specialty insurance solutions, has promoted Aisling Malone as Deputy Senior Executive Officer and Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, and Joe Saab to Vice President, Head of Executive & Professional Lines, in the Middle East. The pair will ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) expands Canadian executive lines offerings, Lue named Private Company Leader
1st May 2025
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), a provider of commercial property, casualty, and specialty insurance solutions, has updated its Canadian private company executive lines suite of products. Simultaneously, the insurer has also appointed Shaun Lue as Private Company Leader, based in Toronto. The new modular offering includes expansive Directors & Officers Liability, ... Read the full article
BHSI appoints two Customer & Broker Engagement leaders in the U.S.
29th April 2025
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced the appointment of Gabe Poppie as Strategic Growth Broker Leader and Brian Cummins as Customer & Broker Engagement Leader for the U.S. Northern Central region. Travis Bethune, Customer & Broker Engagement Leader, North America, BHSI, commented: “Strong, lasting relationships are foundational to BHSI and ... Read the full article
BHSI promotes Jeff Murdock to Head of US Property Claims
24th April 2025
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), a provider of commercial property, casualty, and specialty insurance products, has announced the promotion of Jeff Murdock to Head of U.S. Property Claims. Based in Boston, Murdock succeeds Scott Lee, who will retire in July after a 40-year career in claims, including eight years at BHSI, ... Read the full article
BHSI names new leaders to drive growth in E&P Lines
15th April 2025
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced the promotion of two US Executive & Professional (E&P) lines leaders. Based in Chicago, Shelley Norman has been appointed US E&P Lines Field Leader, and will be working with all E&P regional underwriting teams across the US. Norman, who is bringing 30 years of experience ... Read the full article
BHSI names North America casualty leaders
11th April 2025
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 ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) promotes Gormley to Country Manager and Reddin to Head of E&P, Ireland
2nd April 2025
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), a provider of commercial property, casualty, and specialty insurance solutions, has appointed Caoimhe Gormley as Country Manager and Ciaran Reddin as Head of Executive & Professional (E&P) Lines in Ireland. In her new role, Gormley succeeds Louise Kidd, who was recently named Head of Underwriting, ... Read the full article
Theresa Biedermann to lead BHSI E&P Lines Claims US team
19th March 2025
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced the promotion of Theresa Biedermann to Head of Executive & Professional (E&P) Lines Claims in the US, a New York-based role. In her new role, the executive will oversee claims across all BHSI E&P Lines in the U.S., including Commercial (Public) D&O, Private D&O, ... Read the full article
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