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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company
BHSI opens Frankfurt office
12th November 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has expanded its presence within Germany, in addition to its offices in Munich and Cologne, BHSI will now one in Frankfurt. Underwriters from across all product lines, including property, casualty, and executive & professional lines, as well as BHSI risk engineers, will be based in Frankfurt. Andreas ... Read the full article
BHSI promotes Carlos Beltran to SVP, Global Property Underwriting Officer
10th November 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced the appointment of Carlos Beltran as Senior Vice President, Global Property Underwriting Officer. Beltran joined BHSI in 2018 as Vice President, Property Underwriting Manager for the Middle East, before taking on the role of Head of First Party Lines for Asia. Prior to BHSI, he ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) expands global network across 170 countries
22nd October 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett's global insurance and reinsurance company, has expanded its global network to 170 countries worldwide. This encompasses owned offices and network partners that can provide BHSI customers with locally admitted insurance policies. “We are very pleased to welcome so many outstanding partners ... Read the full article
BHSI announces senior promotions
4th October 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has promoted Hilary Browne to the additional role of Regional Executive, UK and Europe, and Vanessa Maxwell to the additional role of Country Manager, UK. Browne will work closely with Chris Colahan, Head of UK & Europe, serving as deputy head of BHSI in the UK ... Read the full article
BHSI announces two senior leadership hires
16th September 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has appointed Beth Freeman as Senior Vice President, Accident & Health Underwriting, and Ken Gumbiner as Senior Vice President, Accident & Health Sales. Freeman joins BHSI with over 25 years of experience underwriting an array of A&H products and was, most recently, AVP, A&H Underwriting and ... Read the full article
BHSI France names new Head of Customer & Broker Engagement
9th September 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has named Camille Luciani as Head of Customer & Broker Engagement in France. Luciani brings just under 25 years of experience spanning both the insurer and brokerage sides of the business. She was most recently Customer & Distribution Manager, Corporate Solutions, at Swiss Re where she stayed ... Read the full article
BHSI hires Constanza Gállegos as Country Manager, Spain
27th August 2021
The insurance arm of Warren Buffett's global insurance and reinsurance company, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has appointed Constanza Gállegos to its leadership team in Europe as Country Manager, Spain. Gállegos has just under 24 years of experience in the European insurance industry. Most recently, she was Head of Distribution, Europe, at ... Read the full article
BHSI enters Mittelstand property market in Germany
14th July 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has started underwriting property cover for Mittelstand enterprises across Germany. As a result, Natali Bagaric has been named Head of Property, Mittelstand. Bagaric comes to BHSI with 18 years of industry experience. She was most recently Practice Leader Real Estate & Hotels, at Chubb European Group SE ... Read the full article
BHSI adds to D&O Liability and Professional Indemnity policies in Ireland
30th June 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has added to its suite of Directors & Officers (D&O) Liability and Professional Indemnity policies for customers in Ireland. The company has launched a new suite of Professional First coverages that includes Architects, Engineers & Consultants Professional Indemnity and Project Specific Professional Indemnity, Design & Construct ... Read the full article
BHSI launches Energy and Technical Lines Casualty products in the UK
24th June 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has launched Energy and Technical Lines Casualty products in the UK whilst establishing its London-based Energy & Technical Lines underwriting team. The company’s UK Casualty Energy & Technical Lines team consists of Oliver Brown, Manager, Energy Casualty along with Penny Wang, Senior Energy Casualty Underwriter, James ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) names Nikki Nagra as Head of Casualty Claims, UK
17th May 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett's global insurance and reinsurance company, has announced the appointment of Nikki Nagra as Head of Casualty Claims in the UK. Nagra comes to BHSI with more than two decades of claims management experience, and has spent the previous 16 years ... Read the full article
BHSI hires Thieviasingham as Senior Underwriter, Transactional Liability
5th May 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has appointed Daniel Thieviasingham as Senior Underwriter, Transactional Liability, Asia Middle East. Thieviasingham comes to BHSI with just under 10 years of experience in corporate finance, Mergers & Acquisitions and transactional liability insurance. He was most recently at Lockton London, prior to that he underwrote transactional risks ... Read the full article
BHSI hires Brian Robb as SVP, Head of Cyber
20th April 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett's global insurance and reinsurance company, has appointed Brian Robb as Senior Vice President, Head of Cyber/MPL/Tech. Robb comes to BHSI after just under 11 years at CNA Insurance, where his experience spanned both the underwriting and claims sides of the business. He was ... Read the full article
BHSI hires Idie Si as head of A&H insurance, Asia
12th April 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett's global insurance and reinsurance company, has appointed Idie Si as Head of Accident & Health (A&H) Insurance for the Asia region. Idie comes to BHSI with over 10 years of experience focused on A&H insurance in the Asia and London ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) appoints Keith Freid to Product Line Officer role
18th March 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced the appointment of Keith Freid as Product Line Officer for Private & Nonprofit Management Liability Insurance in North America. Freid comes to BHSI with nearly 30 years of industry experience spanning both D&O underwriting and claims. He was most recently Head of Private and Non-Profit ... Read the full article





