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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Launches Healthcare Umbrella Policy
Mar 4 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has introduced a healthcare umbrella policy designed to address the exposures of large medical providers in the ever-changing healthcare environment. Reflecting the...
Insurance Units’ Profits Drive Berkshire Hathaway
Mar 3 2014 // Insurance operations contributed $5.7 billion to total operating income of $15.1 billion for Berkshire Hathaway in 2013—with an underwriting profit of $2.0 billion (after taxes) representing the 11th year in a row with...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Launches Consolidated Endorsement for Contractors
Feb 19 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has introduced a consolidated insurance endorsement which combines numerous primary general liability coverage enhancements in a single product designed expressly for...
People – East
Feb 10 2014 // The Hartford Financial Services Group recently announced the election of Julie Richardson to its board of directors. Richardson will serve on the board’s audit committee as well as the finance, investment and risk...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Introduces D&O Liability Policy
Jan 27 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has launched Executive First, a directors & officers liability insurance policy designed to address the complex and volatile risks facing directors, officers and their...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance to Acquire MyAssist and Insure America
Jan 27 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance said it has agreed to purchase the assets of MyAssist Inc., a live-agent personal concierge and telematics service provider, and Insure America LLC, a niche program administrator that...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Emerges From 2013 As a Serious Player
Jan 27 2014 // Last year was quite a year for Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) – or half of a year, anyway. Since opening its doors for business in June 2013 with much fanfare, the new venture has gone from four to nearly...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Expands into Builder’s Risk Segment
Jan 22 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) is expanding its property capabilities to include builder’s risk insurance. The company also named Robert Tricamo to head the new specialty property area as vice...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Adds Primary Casualty Construction Capabilities
Jan 9 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) is expanding its construction casualty capabilities to include primary casualty insurance. The company now offers primary general liability, excess and umbrella coverage for...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Adds Healthcare Risk Management
Nov 13 2013 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance is expanding its healthcare professional liability capabilities to provide customers with customized risk management support. The company will now reimburse qualified healthcare...
Berkshire Specialty Introduces Business Crisis Event Cost Coverage
Oct 8 2013 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance has introduced business crisis event cost coverage, which extends its casualty and healthcare lead umbrella policies to cover costs incurred to manage a business crisis, including the...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Hires 2 Execs From Zurich, The Hartford
Aug 16 2013 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance — the recently launched commercial P/C insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway — announced on Thursday the appointments of Leo Carroll as senior vice president, healthcare...
Here Comes Berkshire Hathaway
Jul 22 2013 // Interview with BHSI’s Peter Eastwood on Building a New E&S Giant When a veteran of CNA joined Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance to lead the new venture’s professional liability division a few weeks...
CNA’s Fortin Latest Industry Exec to Join Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance
Jun 20 2013 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance officially announced the appointment of Dan Fortin as senior vice president, executive and professional lines. Fortin was previously senior vice president of CNA Specialty. Berkshire...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Now Open for Business
Jun 14 2013 // Berkshire Hathaway’s Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, its recently formed commercial property casualty insurance group, has commenced operations, underwriting property, casualty, professional and executive...
