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Berkshire (BHSI) names Rachel Simon as SVP
9th March 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), part of Berkshire Hathaway, has appointed Rachel Simon as Senior Vice President (SVP), Head of U.S. Commercial Private and Nonprofit, Professional Lines and Transactional Liability Claims. Simon joins BHSI with over two decades of Executive and Professional Lines experience, most recently working at Great American Insurance ... Read the full article
BHSI hires Andy Barberis as SVP Claims
1st March 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett's global insurance and reinsurance company, has appointed Andy Barberis as Senior Vice President, Claims. He will be working with the BHSI claims leadership team across the globe on the most catastrophic and complex casualty and healthcare claims. Barberis has over 35 ... Read the full article
BHSI hires Mathias Neumann as Head of Casualty, Germany
22nd February 2021
The insurance arm of Warren Buffett's global insurance and reinsurance company, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) has appointed Mathias Neumann as Head of Casualty in Germany. Prior to this position, Neumann worked for MSIG insurance, where he held the position of Chief Underwriter Casualty & Specialties. Andreas Krause, Country Manager, Germany, ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) makes three senior appointments
18th February 2021
The insurance arm of Warren Buffett's global insurance and reinsurance company, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), has expanded its U.S. Executive & Professional Lines leadership team. The insurer has appointed Shelley Norman as Senior Vice President, Management Liability, Central Region, and promoted Kevin Gallagher to Senior Vice President, Management Liability, East ... Read the full article
BHSI promotes Tomas Blas to Head of Property, Spain
9th February 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett's global insurance and reinsurance company, has promoted Tomas Blas to Head of Property, Spain. Blas has 17 years of industry experience, joining BHSI in 2019 as Head of Technical Lines in Spain. In his new role Blas will be responsible ... Read the full article
Berkshire Hathaway (BHSI) adds Brady Head to Executive leadership
7th January 2021
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), a division of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, has appointed Brady Head as Senior Vice President (SVP), Product Line Officer for D&O Liability Insurance in North America. Head joins the company after 27 years with global insurer and reinsurer AIG, where he most recently served as Head ... Read the full article
BHSI promotes Jill Salmon to Head of US Professional Lines
16th December 2020
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has promoted Jill Salmon to Head of Professional Lines for the US. In her new role, she will oversee the company’s Lawyers, Architects & Engineers, Miscellaneous E&O and Cyber Liability insurance portfolios. With nearly 25 years of industry experience, primary focusing in professional lines, Salmon joined BHSI ... Read the full article
Tom Macfarlane to lead Berkshire’s (BHSI) Europe expansion
1st December 2020
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance has named Tom Macfarlane to lead the expansion of its capabilities in Europe, by underwriting Downstream Energy Property Insurance. Macfarlane comes to Berkshire Hathaway with over 40 years of insurance experience spanning both the underwriting and broking sides of the business. He has held various leadership ... Read the full article
BHSI makes two promotions within exec, professional lines claims group
24th November 2020
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced two promotions within its Executive & Professional Lines Claims group. Shelby Rootenberg has been named Senior Vice President, Head of U.S. Commercial Lines (Public) and Financial Institutions Claims. Rootenberg came to BHSI in 2014 as Assistant Vice President and Head of Financial Lines Claims. Prior ... Read the full article
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD further expands US homeowners coverage
13th November 2020
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has added Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Nevada, and Oregon to the list of states where its homeowners product is available. Chief Insurance Officer Lyle Hitt said he has been pleased with the caliber of submissions already experienced in previous states, and fully expects to see the trend ... Read the full article
BHSI expanding mining underwriting capabilities to the UK
2nd October 2020
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company, the insurance arm of Warren Buffett's global insurance and reinsurance company, is expanding its mining underwriting capabilities to the UK. The expansion sees BHSI continue to round out its global mining capabilities, which are currently driven by mining industry specialists based in Australia and Canada. Subsequently, the company ... Read the full article
BHSI to enter Exec & Professional Lines in France
22nd September 2020
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett's global re/insurance company, is set to enter the Executive & Professional Lines market in France. To spearhead BHSI's range of products in the country, the company has appointed Olivier Hamon as Head of Financial Institutions and Management Liabilities and ... Read the full article
Berkshire Hathaway expands services to Illinois
11th September 2020
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has announced that Illinois has been added to its list of states where it offers a Commercial Package Policy. The product includes Commercial Property featuring limits up to $120 million per location. It comes with an enhanced causes of loss form, including built-in equipment breakdown, crime ... Read the full article
BHSI adds Keune as Head of Exec & Professional Lines in Germany
25th August 2020
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has appointed Dr. Carsten Keune as Head of Executive & Professional Lines in Germany. Keune has more than twenty years of industry experience. He was most recently Head of Global Commercial Lines Underwriting at ERGO. Before that, he was Underwriting Director Europe, Middle East and Africa at XL ... Read the full article
Berkshire Hathaway P&C reinsurance loss driven by Covid-19 & prior year liabilities
9th August 2020
Berkshire Hathaway reported a significant level of losses within its property and casualty reinsurance business for the second-quarter of 2020, as the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and negative prior year reserve development on longer-tailed liabilities drove the division to a loss for the period. Overall, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reported ... Read the full article
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