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Berkshire BHSI appoints Head of Property, Switzerland
25th January 2023
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has appointed Bart De Wilde to lead its growing property underwriting team and portfolio in Switzerland. He brings over two decades of industry experience towards the role. He joins BHSI from Holcim Ltd, where he was most recently Deputy Head of Group Insurance. Prior to that ... Read the full article
Berkshire BHSI names Nick Major Country Manager UK
23rd January 2023
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced the appointment of Nick Major to the role of Country Manager, UK. He joins the BHSI London office with nearly three decades of experience in the UK insurance market. Most recently, Major spent almost two years as Managing Director, Commercial Lines UK, at Aviva. He ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) names new leaders in UK Exec & Professional Lines
6th January 2023
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced a string of leadership promotions within its UK Executive & Professional Lines business, including the appointment of Jess Kirby as Head. In the new role, Kirby will be responsible for the management and leadership of BHSI’s Commercial Management Liability, Financial Institutions and Professional Indemnity ... Read the full article
BHSI makes slew of appointments within North America property team
14th December 2022
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has promoted Cathy Miller to the role of head of North America property alongside a host of new promotions within the same team In her new role, said the firm, Miller will oversee the insurer’s general property, energy, builder’s risk and marine business in the US ... Read the full article
BHSI makes two promotions for its US Executive & Professional Lines Team
30th November 2022
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced a pair of promotions on its US Executive & Professional Lines team. Shelley Norman has been named Senior Vice President, Management Liability, US, and Jason Preston has been named Senior Vice President, Management Liability, Central Region. Norman, brings more than 25 years of experience towards ... Read the full article
BHSI’s Craig Taylor promoted to Regional Head of Property, Australia & NZ
15th November 2022
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 ... Read the full article
BHSI promotes Katharina Rütz to new role in Cologne
7th November 2022
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has promoted Katharina Rütz to head of commercial lines for E&P in Germany. The firm said that Rütz was previously senior underwriter for D&O at the firm and will continue to be based in Cologne. She joined the firm last year and reportedly has over thirteen ... Read the full article
BHSI appoints Pedro Mairos to be new global CUO for marine
18th October 2022
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has appointed Pedro Mairos to be its global underwriting officer for marine. Mairos is moving from his role as head of marine for the UK and Ireland at BHSI. He joined the firm three years ago and will continue to be based in London. According to his ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) names Mary Bruce-Kahn Chief Executive in Singapore
17th October 2022
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has appointed Mary Bruce-Kahn to the role of Chief Executive in Singapore. Bruce-Kahn joined BHSI in January as Regional Head of Operations & IT. According to the announcement she will retain this position in addition to her new role. She has over 20 years of experience in ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) names North American claims leaders
4th October 2022
Berkshire Hathaway Speciality Insurance (BHSI) has announced that it has appointed several claims executives to new roles within its North American region. Among the new appointments is Rob Romeo, who has been named Head of Claims, North America. Romeo has over two decades of industry experience and was previously Senior Vice ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) promotes Anselm Waigand to Head of Risk Engineering, Germany
4th October 2022
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced that it has appointed Anselm Waigand as Head of Risk Engineering, Germany. Waigand was previously Senior Risk Engineer at BHSI in Frankfurt, Germany, having joined BHSI in 2020. He has more than 15 years of engineering experience at major global insurers, including a 6-year spell ... Read the full article
BHSI appoints Shane O’Neill and Ciaran Reddin to new roles in Ireland
27th September 2022
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has promoted Shane O’Neill and Ciaran Reddin to the respective roles of head of property and head of professional indemnity and cyber. The firm said that both men will be based in Dublin. O’Neill joined the firm as a senior property underwriter in 2019 and has ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) launches multiple new policies in Spain
22nd September 2022
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced the introduction of new Property Damage, General Liability, D&O, Professional Indemnity and Marine Cargo Insurance policies in Spain. Eduardo Guinea, Head of Customer and Broker Engagement for BHSI Spain, said, "Launching our proprietary policy wordings in Spain is indicative of our commitment to leading ... Read the full article
Berkshire Hathaway names top team for new Brussels office
20th September 2022
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has named the people forming the senior level of management at its soon-to-be-opened new office in Brussels. The firm said that it was naming Louis du Ché to the role of country manager; Frederic de Blieck as head of executive and professional lines, Belgium; Bram Boets, ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) names Ben Barker as Head of Claims, UK
24th August 2022
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett's global insurance and reinsurance company, has announced the appointment of Ben Barker as Head of Claims, UK. Barker has nearly two decades of industry experience and joined BHSI in 2018. He was previously Head of Executive & Professional Lines Claims ... Read the full article
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