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Berkshire Hathaway Guard Taps Martinez in California
Aug 20 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Guard Insurance Cos. has named Mark Martinez senior field representative. Martinez will help promote growth in Southern California. In this capacity, he is responsible for identifying prospects for...
How Google Is Becoming 21st Century Berkshire Hathaway
Aug 10 2015 // Google Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Page speaks affectionately of fellow billionaire Warren Buffett’s approach to business. With the decision to restructure the Internet-search giant, Page is putting...
Berkshire Insurance Units Slump in Q2
Aug 10 2015 // Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. posted second-quarter profit that missed analysts’ estimates because of higher claims costs at insurance units including Geico. Net income dropped 37 percent to $4.01...
GEICO Expands Ridesharing Coverage to Pennsylvania
Aug 4 2015 // After launching a new ridesharing product in Georgia, Virginia, Maryland and Texas earlier this year, GEICO is now expanding its ridesharing offering to drivers in Pennsylvania. New and existing drivers that have been...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Enters Marine Insurance Market in Australia & N.Z.
Aug 4 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Enters Marine Insurance Market in Australia & N.Z Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) announced that it has begun underwriting Marine Insurance in Australia and New...
GEICO Expands Ridesharing Coverage to Georgia
Jul 20 2015 // GEICO has continued the expansion of its new auto insurance product for drivers of transportation network companies (TNC) with the addition of Georgia. GEICO offers ridesharing coverage through GEICO Commercial for less...
Berkshire Hathaway’s MedPro Buying Oklahoma Medical Liability Insurer PLICO
Jul 8 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway’s MedPro Group has agreed to acquire Oklahoma healthcare liability insurer PLICO Inc., which is owned by the Oklahoma State Medical Association (OSMA). The boards of each entity have approved...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Expands in Australia, New Zealand
Jun 30 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI) said it is entering the healthcare underwriting market in Australia, and has appointed Tony Bainbridge, previously with American International Group (AIG), to lead the...
GEICO Expands Ridesharing Coverage to Georgia
Jun 22 2015 // GEICO has continued the expansion of its new auto insurance product for drivers of transportation network companies (TNC) with the addition of Georgia. GEICO offers ridesharing coverage through GEICO Commercial at a price...
GEICO Launches End-to-End Ridesharing Coverage in Texas
Jun 18 2015 // GEICO has unveiled a new auto insurance product in Texas for drivers of on-demand transportation network companies (TNC) like Uber, Lyft, Sidecar that covers both personal and ridesharing needs. GEICO Senior Vice President...
Berkshire Hathaway to Buy Stake in IAG to Boost Australia Insurance Sales
Jun 16 2015 // Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. will pay A$500 million ($388 million) for a stake in Insurance Australia Group Ltd. as part of a plan to expand in the region. The agreement will give Berkshire 20 percent of...
Former Railway Workers File Asbestos Suit Against BNSF in Oregon
Jun 15 2015 // Three former employees have sued BNSF Railway, claiming they suffer from lung disease caused by job-related exposure to asbestos. The lawsuit filed earlier this month in Portland, Ore., says the men had to work with and...
Former Railway Workers File Asbestos Suit Against BNSF in Oregon
Jun 5 2015 // Three former employees have sued BNSF Railway, claiming they suffer from lung disease caused by job-related exposure to asbestos. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Portland, Ore. says the men had to work with and around items...
People – South Central
Jun 1 2015 // Texas-based Higginbotham hired Sean Bell as an associate of commercial property/casualty insurance for its practice in Austin. Bell has experience in brokerage with an independent agency and in claims with an insurance...
People – Southeast
Jun 1 2015 // Frankie Silva has been named assistant vice president of underwriting at GEICO’s regional office in Lakeland, Fla. Silva previously served as assistant vice president of underwriting in the company’s San Diego...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Names Emerson to Head Liability Claims in Canada
May 21 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has named Paul Emerson as head of liability claims in Canada. Emerson comes to BHSI from the law firm of Clyde & Co Canada LLP. “As an attorney with extensive...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Launches Crime Protection Policy in Canada
May 20 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has introduced a crime protection policy along with a new executive impersonation coverage endorsement for large public and private companies in Canada. “Designed by BHSI...
GEICO to Raise Auto Insurance Premiums
May 18 2015 // GEICO, which “everybody knows” saves drivers 15 percent on auto insurance, said it will raise its auto premiums after underwriting results declined in the first quarter. The giant direct writer said its...
Business Moves
May 18 2015 // Orchid Underwriters, Coastal Agents Alliance Orchid Underwriters Agency LLC, a Vero Beach, Fla.-based program administrator and wholesale broker of excess & surplus (E&S) insurance focusing on coastal properties,...
People – West
May 18 2015 // GEICO has named Greg Jacobi assistant vice president of underwriting in its San Diego, Calif., regional office. Previously, Jacobi served as assistant vice president of underwriting for the company’s Dallas regional...
