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Berkshire (BHSI) hires Head of Customer & Broker Engagement for US Central
16th June 2023
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has appointed Gabriel Poppie as Head of Customer & Broker Engagement for the US Central Region. Based in Chicago, Poppie joins BHSI with more than two decades of experience within the insurance industry. Throughout his career he has held numerous sales leadership, distribution and customer relationship roles ... Read the full article
BHSI appoints Emerson to lead customer & broker engagement in Canada
7th June 2023
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced that Paul Emerson is assuming the additional role of Head of Customer & Broker Engagement in Canada. Currently, Emerson serves as Senior Vice President, Head of Third-Party Claims, Canada, and will retain that role as well. BHSI has confirmed that in his dual roles, Emerson ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) makes two key underwriting leadership promotions
4th May 2023
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced two key underwriting leadership promotions. The company has confirmed that Hilary Browne has been promoted to the role of Deputy Global Chief Underwriting Officer, and Cameron Holmes has also been named Global Underwriting Officer, Property for Energy and Construction. Browne brings nearly 25 years of ... Read the full article
Berkshire BHSI appoints regional leaders for Europe & Middle East
4th May 2023
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced that it has appointed two leaders to regional leadership positions. Alessandro Cerase has been named President & Head of Europe Region, and Neeraj Yadvendu is now Head of Middle East and subject to regulatory approval, will concurrently take on the role of Senior Executive ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) promotes James Byrnes to Head of Construction Professional, NA
27th April 2023
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has promoted James Byrnes to Head of Construction Professional, North America. Previously, Byrnes held the role of Vice President, Construction, for BHSI’s US Eastern Region. Overall, Byrnes has nearly 20 years of experience within the industry. Before he joined BHSI, he spent more than a decade on ... Read the full article
Berkshire (BHSI) hires three people in Germany in claims leadership positions
25th April 2023
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced the appointment of three executives to claims leadership roles in Germany. Sandra Leyendecker has been promoted to Head of Casualty Claims. She joined BHSI in 2022 as Senior Casualty Claims Examiner. Leyendecker is a market veteran with more than ... Read the full article
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 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 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






