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Berkshire (BHSI) announces Commercial Crime policy for Asia
2nd December 2019
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), a division of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, has announced the launch of a new policy designed to help companies address fraud exposure in Asia. The policy, called Commercial Crime Insurance, will offer coverage for both traditional employee crime and external crimes, including funds transfer fraud, credit ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) names Warrior Head of D&O Liability underwriting, UK & Ireland
26th November 2019
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), a division of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, has hired Chris Warrior as Head of Directors' & Officers' Liability underwriting for UK & Ireland, based in the firm's London office. The appointment expands the company's European team with the addition of Warrior, who brings 36 years of ... Read the full article
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty recruits Head of Claims in Spain
4th November 2019
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett’s global insurance and reinsurance company, has recruited Javier Villalba as Head of Claims in Spain. Villalba joins BHSI from Zurich, where he most recently served as Director for Expert Claims (Spain) and Claims Customer Relationship Manager. He has nearly 20 years ... Read the full article
State Farm & Berkshire maintain status as top US P&C insurers
24th October 2019
State Farm and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance maintained their spots as the largest and second-largest U.S. Property and Casualty (P&C) writers in 2018, respectively, while Chubb INA Group entered the top ten. This is according to the Reinsurance News directory of the Top 100 U.S. P&C ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) enters Australian surety market
21st October 2019
Berkshire Hathaway Speciality Insurance (BHSI), a division of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, has announced its entry into the Australian surety market, and has appointed Jonathan Griffiths as Head of Surety, Australia. Currently, BHSI provides surety products in the U.S., Canada, UK & Europe, and Asia. The new offering in Australia will ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) announces leadership hires in Madrid
18th October 2019
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI), a division of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, has announced three leadership appointments in Madrid, including Diego Espinosa as head of property, Juan Madrid as head of casualty, and Tomás Blas as head of technical lines. Espinosa joins with over a decade of experience from RSA ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) expands into Spain, names country manager
23rd September 2019
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI), a division of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, has announced that it has expanded into Spain with the formation of a new office in Madrid. The company plans to initially underwrite property, casualty, financial lines, construction and engineering insurance in Spain, with an eye to later ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) adds claims, product line leaders in France
18th September 2019
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI), a division of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, has announced a series of leadership changes within its team in France. Katell Pouliquen joins as Head of Claims, Louis du Ché as Head of Property and Ludovic Ruiller as Head of Environmental. Pouliquen, who brings over 15 years’ ... Read the full article
BHSI adds reinstatement clause to professional liability product
13th August 2019
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), a division of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, has announced that it has enhanced its Asia Executive First Directors & Officers (D&O) Liability Insurance to include a provision that reinstates policy limits exhausted by an entity or by individual needs. The reinstatement provision is automatic and is ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) adds QBE manager, opens Cologne office
10th July 2019
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett’s global re/insurance company, has appointed Andreas Krause as Country Manager for Germany and announced the establishment of a new office in Cologne. Krause joins with close to 20 years’ industry experience and was most recently a General Manager at QBE ... Read the full article
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty expands in Australia with new Adelaide office
12th June 2019
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett’s global insurance and reinsurance company, has expanded its presence in Australia with the launch of a new office in Adelaide. In connection with the launch, BHSI has appointed Monica Holland as Underwriting Manager for South Australia. In this role, Holland will ... Read the full article
Berkshire BHSI opens Paris office, appoints François-Xavier d’Huart to lead
10th June 2019
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett’s global insurance and reinsurance company, in coordination with its affiliate has received its insurance license in France, established a new office in Paris, and appointed François-Xavier d’Huart as Country Manager. Beginning immediately, BHSI is underwriting property, casualty, and executive & ... Read the full article
Harwood to lead BHSI’s Transactional Liability offering across Asia, Middle East
8th April 2019
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) is now offering Transactional Liability Insurance coverage across its Asia and Middle East (AME) regions, and has appointed Steven Harwood to lead the offering. As Head of Transactional Liability in AME, Harwood will be based in BHSI's Hong Kong office. He joins the firm from Pembroke Managing Agency ... Read the full article
Berkshire BHSI confirms move to Cologne from Düsseldorf
5th April 2019
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett's global re/insurance company, has confirmed its decision to relocate to Cologne, Germany from neighbouring Düsseldorf in June. The decision has been well received by the Mayor of Cologne Henriette Reker, who has for the past year been a Read the full article
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty adds Marine, Property leaders for UK & Ireland
12th March 2019
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett’s global insurance and reinsurance company, has appointed Pedro Mairos and Sean Mannion as Head of Marine and Head of Property, respectively, for the UK and Ireland. Mairos joins BHSI from AXA Corporate Solutions, where he most recently served as UK ... Read the full article
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