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BHSI Launches Network Security & Privacy Liability Insurance in Canada

Nov 16 2017 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has unveiled its Professional First Network Security & Privacy Liability Policy in Canada. The product combines cyber liability and breach response coverage with risk...

BHSI Creates Excess Integrated Follow Form for Contractors

Nov 6 2017 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has unveiled the Excess Integrated Follow Form, a single excess policy that sits atop multiple first- and third-party insurance policies, for contractors in the U.S. and...

BHSI Introduces Motor Truck Cargo Legal Liability Insurance in Canada

Oct 19 2017 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has expanded its inland marine product line in Canada with the launch of its Motor Truck Cargo Legal Liability policy, a new product that protects against the...

BHSI Opens Dublin Office, Names MS Amlin’s McNamara to Head Operations

Aug 1 2017 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI), announced it has established a new office in Dublin and appointed Cormac McNamara as Property & Casualty manager, BHSI Ireland. “Cormac will build our local team...

BHSI Taps AIG’s Maxwell, Chubb’s Dilley for Exec. & Professional Lines in S. Europe

Jul 26 2017 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced the appointments of Vanessa Maxwell as head of Professional Indemnity & Cyber Insurance and Tom Dilley as head of Financial Institutions in Southern...

BHSI Launches Casualty Platform; Leeks Named Head of Casualty, UK & S. Europe

May 16 2017 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) is introducing public and products liability insurance in the UK, Ireland and Southern Europe, and employer’s liability insurance in the UK and Ireland, while naming...

BHSI Introduces Employment Practices Liability Cover in Canada

May 1 2017 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has expanded its Executive First policy suite in Canada with the launch of an employment practices liability policy. The policy is designed to protect companies...

BHSI Offers Professional Liability, Network Security & Privacy Cover in Canada

Mar 22 2017 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) introduced its Professional First Professional Liability and Network Security & Privacy Policy and announced it has appointed Geoffrey Kendrick as head of Professional...

BHSI Launches Accident & Health Solutions in Asia; Product Line Heads Named

Mar 6 2017 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI) announced it has introduced group personal accident, corporate travel and expatriate medical insurance in Singapore and Hong Kong. The company also named Kok Leong Koo as...

BHSI Opens London Office, Expands UK & Southern Europe Team

Feb 8 2017 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI), in coordination with its affiliate Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance Ltd. (BHIIL), announced it has opened a new office in London. In addition, key executive...

BHSI Wins License to Write Reinsurance in Malaysia

Jan 17 2017 // Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has won a license to provide reinsurance services in Malaysia, the billionaire investor’s group said, as it expands operations in Asia. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance...

BHSI Enters Canada Marine Market; Chubb’s Rider Tapped as Sr. U/W

Jan 11 2017 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it is introducing inland and ocean marine insurance in Canada and has named Gord Rider as senior marine underwriter. “We are pleased to welcome Gord to our team...

BHSI Adds EPLI Coverage to Executive First Product Suite

Nov 18 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has added employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) to its Executive First suite of policies. This new policy provides coverage for companies facing harassment,...

BHSI Launches Civil Liability Cover for Australia/NZ Financial Institutions

Oct 28 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI) announced it has launched Professional First Financial Institutions Civil Liability Insurance in Australia and New Zealand. “Many forces have shifted the risk...

BHSI Licensed to Provide Re/Insurance in Macau; Key Positions Announced

Oct 6 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI) has received a license to provide insurance and reinsurance in Macau and filled key positions in its newly established Macau office. “It is a very interesting time in...

BHSI & Tego to Provide Medical Indemnity Cover for Doctors in Australia

Aug 16 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI) and Tego Insurance announced they have entered into an exclusive underwriting agreement to provide medical indemnity insurance to medical practitioners in...

BHSI Offers Cyber Liability Cover in New Zealand; Marshall to Lead Product Line

Jul 28 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI) announced that it has introduced cyber liability insurance in New Zealand and appointed Ian Marshall to lead the product line locally as senior underwriter, Executive &...

BHSI Expands Financial Institutions Cover in Canada; Knight Leads Product Line

Jul 25 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that it is introducing four new executive & professional lines products for financial institutions and named Andrew Knight as national director of Financial...

BHSI Launches Cyber Liability Cover in Australia; Osgood Leads Product Line

Jul 21 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) announced it has introduced cyber liability insurance in Australia and named Emma Osgood as head of Cyber Liability in the region. BHSI is focusing on the...

BHSI Expands into Transactional Liability Market with Underhill, 3 Others

Jul 19 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) reported that it has expanded into Transactional Liability Insurance in the U.S. and Canada and named Robert Underhill as senior vice president, head of Transactional...