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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...
Business Moves
Feb 10 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway, MyAssist, Insure America Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance has agreed to purchase from Noel Group the assets of MyAssist Inc., a live-agent personal concierge and telematics service-provider, and...
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...
Regulators Reviewing Berkshire Hathaway for Systemic Risk
Jan 23 2014 // Regulators are starting to scrutinize Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. to determine whether it is important enough to the financial system to require Federal Reserve supervision, according to two people with...
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 Insures $1 Billion Prize for Predicting NCAA Winners
Jan 21 2014 // Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is backing a $1 billion prize offered by Quicken Loans Inc. if a contestant predicts the winner of each game in the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s...
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...
North Dakota Train Fire Restarts Oil Transport Safety Debate
Jan 2 2014 // The derailment and fire that led to the evacuation of a North Dakota town has renewed the debate over whether it’s safer to ship oil by rail or pipeline as the U.S. completes a review of the Keystone XL...
Brooks Appointed Sr. Field Representative for Berkshire Hathaway GUARD
Dec 31 2013 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies recently added John Brooks as a senior field representative for Arkansas, Louisiana and eastern Texas. A graduate of Louisiana State University, Brooks has been part of the...
Crude Oil Train in North Dakota Catches Fire After Derailing
Dec 31 2013 // A BNSF Railway Co. train carrying oil caught fire after a collision with railcars in North Dakota, causing a series of explosions that prompted police to urge local residents to evacuate the area. There were no injuries to...
GEICO Passes Allstate to Become 2d Largest U.S. Auto Insurer: SNL
Dec 16 2013 // Based on third quarter reports, GEICO Corp. has surpassed Allstate Corp. to become the nation’s second-largest private auto insurer. According to data compiled by SNL, GEICO logged $4.89 billion in direct premiums...
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 Hathaway GUARD Expands BOP Product to California
Nov 8 2013 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies (formerly known as GUARD Insurance Group) has begun offering its business owners policy (BOP) and umbrella coverage in California. The company already has a presence in the...
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Adds Rentie in Midwest
Oct 29 2013 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Cos. recently appointed William Rentie as a senior field representative for the Midwest. In 2013, the insurer entered Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas – joining Illinois, Indiana,...
GEICO Success Highlights Advertising Dollars vs. Agent Commissions Debate
Oct 22 2013 // Direct writer GEICO’s success in auto insurance sales is due to spending dollars on effective advertising rather than on agents, according to recent research from analysts at Nomura Equity Research, which notes that...
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 Names VP of Claims, Executive & Professional Lines
Sep 12 2013 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance — the recently launched commercial P/C insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway — continues to boost its team roster. This week it announced the appointment of Todd Greeley as...
Allstate CEO Says GEICO Could Strugggle with Storefront Strategy
Sep 10 2013 // Allstate Corp. Chief Executive Officer Tom Wilson, whose company lost car insurance market share in the last three years, said competitor Geico could struggle to expand sales as it seeks to sell more policies at...
