Latest Berkshire Hathaway Headlines
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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Fills 2 Key Positions in Singapore
Feb 23 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced two appointments to its leadership and underwriting team in Asia, naming Malin Fredriksson as Asia regional head of first party lines, and Kiran Prakash as Asia...
Berkshire Hathaway Names Sorsak to Lead Canada Property, Energy Claims
Feb 12 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that it has appointed Amanda Sorsak to lead its Property & Energy Claims operation in Canada. She was previously Executive General Adjuster at Allianz Global...
Berkshire’s Commercial Insurer Hires AIG, Chubb Execs to Enter Canada Market
Jan 28 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s commercial insurance unit is expanding into Canada as it seeks to win over new clients by offering bigger coverage limits than competitors. The unit, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance,...
BHSI Lowers Casualty Minimum Premiums, Adds Deductible Options
Jan 13 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) is broadening its casualty appetite in the U.S., lowering its minimum policy premium for eligible products liability, general casualty, energy and trucking risks, while...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Enters Environmental Segment
Jan 7 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) is expanding its U.S. casualty underwriting capabilities to include pollution exposures and has named Chuck Hasselback to head its environmental group. According to Meredith...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Names Execs for New Hong Kong Facility
Jan 5 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that it has received an insurance license to carry on all classes of General Business in and from Hong Kong and has consequently filled several key positions in its...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Enters Singapore, Names Key Leaders
Dec 8 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that it has received its non-life insurance license in Singapore, and named Marc Breuil as regional president, Marcus Portbury as head of third party lines, and Peter...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Unveils New D&O Policy
Nov 19 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has unveiled its Executive First Side A Difference-in-Conditions (DIC) Directors & Officers Liability Policy, which provides protection for individual directors and...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Adds Contractor’s, Business Crisis Cover
Nov 13 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has created a Contractor’s Broad Form Coverage, which is now available to contractors with BHSI’s primary general liability practice policies. In addition, BHSI is...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Offers Fiduciary Liability Product
Oct 9 2014 // Boston-based Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has launched Executive First Fiduciary Liability Insurance, a new addition to its Executive First suite of executive liability insurance products offering...
People – South Central
Oct 6 2014 // The board of directors of the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT) announced that Philip R. Ballinger is retiring as executive director as of Jan. 2, 2015. Ballinger has been with SLSOT for 22 years and has been...
Business Moves
Oct 6 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) said it is entering the fidelity and crime insurance market, and has named Brian O’Neill to lead the effort. O’Neill joins BHSI with 30...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Enters Fidelity & Crime Market; Names AIG’s O’Neill
Sep 23 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) said it is entering the fidelity and crime insurance market, and has named Brian O’Neill to lead the effort. O’Neill joins BHSI with 30 years of fidelity and crime...
CNA’s Kocaj Joins Berkshire Hathaway Specialty
Sep 3 2014 // Specialty insurer Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has appointed Tom Kocaj as vice president and head of Financial Institutions, Executive and Professional Lines. Kocaj joins BHSI with a quarter century of...
Berkshire Specialty Enters Fiduciary Liability Segment, Hires Prussack as VP
Jul 28 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has entered the fiduciary liability market and named Rhonda Prussack as vice president, Fiduciary Liability, to lead the effort. According to Dan Fortin, senior vice president,...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Jumps Into Surety with Zurich’s Delisio
Jun 12 2014 // Continuing with its rapid expansion, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance is moving into the surety market, focusing on contract surety business. The company has appointed Geoff Delisio as senior vice president of...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Enters Travel Insurance Business
May 20 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection, part of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, has launched the first product in its new travel-insurance line designed for travelers, travel agencies, tour operators and travel...
SNL’s Top 30 E&S Writers: Berkshire On Fire with 40% Growth in 2013
Apr 7 2014 // With 40 percent premium growth in 2013, Berkshire Hathaway climbed five spots in the U.S. excess and surplus lines (E&S) ranking by SNL Financial, while QBE scaled back its North American operations and fell three...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Exec on Acquisitions, Expansion Plans
Mar 31 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), part of Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate holding company Berkshire Hathaway, has its eyes on overseas expansion, according to BHSI’s top executive. BHSI’s...
Carriers Committed to D&O Segment
Mar 10 2014 // Several turbulent years of increased claims, more regulation and additional oversight of directors and officers have not deterred carriers from the directors and officers (D&O) liability segment. As more carriers beef...
