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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Names 3 Regional Executives for Professional Lines
Feb 18 2021 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has expanded its U.S. Executive & Professional Lines leadership team, naming Shelley Norman as senior vice president, Management Liability, Central region, and promoting...
Berkshire Hathaway Discloses $499M Investment in Marsh & McLennan
Feb 17 2021 // Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Tuesday announced two major new investments, revealing an $8.6 billion stake in the phone company Verizon Communications Inc. and a $4.1 billion stake in oil company...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Promotes Blas to Head of Property, Spain
Feb 8 2021 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that Tomas Blas has been promoted to head of Property, Spain. Blas, who has 17 years of industry experience, joined BHSI in 2019 as head of Technical Lines in Spain....
GEICO Loses Appeal that Sought Coverage From Another Insurer for Lamborghini Crash
Jan 28 2021 // In a dispute between two insurers, a federal appellate court ruled that GEICO is solely liable for the cost of replacing a Lamborghini worth more than $100,000 that was totaled in a collision with another vehicle. A panel...
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Expands Homeowners Coverage Into Georgia, Utah
Jan 14 2021 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has added Georgia and Utah to the list of states where the insurer offers its homeowners product. With these additions, the company now offers its personal lines products in 22...
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Expands Accountants Policy Into Georgia
Dec 18 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has added Georgia to the list of states where it company offers its Accountants Professional Liability policy. Georgia is now the sixth state that the insurer offers this...
QBE Names 4 From Berkshire Hathaway to Financial Lines Team
Dec 16 2020 // QBE North America announced the appointment of four senior industry veterans to leadership positions within its Financial Lines business. Joining QBE are: Danielle Librizzi as head of Professional Liability Thomas Kocaj as...
GEICO’s Massaro Joins BTIS Underwriting Team
Dec 16 2020 // Philip Massaro has joined small business intermediary BTIS as vice president of Underwriting. Massaro has 25 years of commercial insurance underwriting and product management experience. Most recently, he was with GEICO as...
Battery Rivals Duracell, Energizer Agree to End Lawsuits Over False Advertising Claims
Dec 8 2020 // The makers of Energizer and Duracell batteries have ended two lawsuits accusing each other of advertising false claims to consumers about battery life. According to filings on Friday in Manhattan federal court, Energizer...
Finnis Named a Central Region VP at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance
Nov 24 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has named Lauren Finnis vice president, Customer & Broker Engagement, for the Central Region, based in Chicago. She was previously vice president of Customer & Broker...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Promotes Rootenberg, Scully to Claims Leadership
Nov 19 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced a pair of promotions in its Executive & Professional Lines Claims group, naming Shelby Rootenberg as senior vice president, head of U.S. Commercial Lines (Public)...
Washington Man Faces Theft, Fraud Charges After Filing $65K in Claims
Nov 18 2020 // Jaskaran Singh Gill, of Tukwila, Wash., was charged in King County Superior Court in Washington with two counts of first-degree theft, one count of second-degree theft and four counts of filing a false insurance claim...
QBE North America Hires Berkshire Hathaway’s Fortin, Greeley for Financial Lines
Nov 12 2020 // QBE North America has appointed Dan Fortin as president and Todd Greeley as chief operating officer for Financial Lines. Both executives joined QBE NA from Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. With the hires, QBE NA...
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Expands Architects & Engineers Coverage Into 3 States
Nov 2 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has expanded the list of states the company offers its architects and engineers professional liability product to include Colorado, Kansas, and Wisconsin. With these three...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Hires Yozzi to its New York Office
Oct 28 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has hired Renee Yozzi to lead Customer & Broker Engagement for the Eastern U.S. Region. Yozzi brings nearly 20 years of experience to BHSI. She most recently held the title...
Berkshire Hathaway Sues Law Firm It Says Aided $756 Million M&A Fraud
Oct 15 2020 // A unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. claims a top international law firm helped German piping component maker Wilhelm Schulz GmbH fraudulently conceal its disastrous finances before its 2017 acquisition...
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Expands Commercial Package Coverage into Illinois
Oct 1 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has added Illinois to the list of states where the insurer offers its Commercial Package Policy. The product includes commercial property featuring limits up to $120 million per...
Berkshire Hathaway Guard Expands Professional Liability Products Into Multiple States
Sep 24 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has further expanded its professional liability products including coverage for lawyers, architects and engineers, accountants, as well as nearly 100 other classes of...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Taps AIG’s Hamon, Batchili for Executive Team in France
Sep 22 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) is entering the executive and professional insurance lines market in France and has appointed Olivier Hamon as head of Financial Institutions and Management Liabilities and...
Buffett’s Duracell Countersues Energizer, Alleging False Ads Over Battery Life Claims
Sep 9 2020 // Duracell, the battery unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., sued the maker of Energizer batteries on Tuesday, accusing it falsely advertising that its Energizer MAX batteries last up to 50% longer than...
