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BHSI Expands Team in Dubai with Product Line, Service Appointments

Sep 19 2018 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI) announced that it has further expanded its leadership team in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), with the appointment of executives to fill key product line...

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Opens Munich Office; Names Key Underwriters

Sep 18 2018 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has opened a new office in Munich, Germany, the latest advance in BHSI’s expansion of its global footprint. The insurer has named two key underwriters for the office. The...

QBE’s Lingafelter to Head Berkshire Hathaway Specialty in Australasia as Colahan Moves to UK, Europe

Jun 4 2018 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has appointed Mark Lingafelter as president, BHSI, Australasia. He assumes responsibility for the BHSI Australasia region from Chris Colahan, who is moving into the role of...

BHSI Introduces Private Company & Nonprofit Organization Portfolio Cover in Asia

Apr 9 2018 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI) has introduced Executive First Private Company Portfolio and Executive First Nonprofit Organization Portfolio policies in Asia. “Our Private Company and Nonprofit...

BHSI Opens Perth Office; Chubb’s Prindiville & Shepard Named P/C Underwriters

Mar 26 2018 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has opened an office in Perth, Western Australia, naming Anthony Prindiville to lead its casualty underwriting and Mark Shepard to lead property underwriting...

BHSI Opens Dubai Office, Names Cerase & Yadvendu to Head Middle East Region

Feb 12 2018 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI) announced it has received an insurance license from the Dubai Financial Services Authority and established an office in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). It...

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Names Chubb’s McGrath to New Zealand A&H Post

Dec 19 2017 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI) has appointed Jared McGrath to head its new line of Accident & Health products in New Zealand. The product line includes Corporate Travel, Group Personal Accident and...

BHSI Launches Financial Institution Professional Indemnity Insurance in Asia

Dec 13 2017 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI) announced it has introduced Financial Institution Professional Indemnity (FIPI) insurance in Asia. “Financial institutions are seeing an increase in both the...

BHSI Introduces Contractors Plant & Equipment Cover in Australia

Nov 22 2017 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI) announced it has introduced a new Contractors Plant & Equipment (CP&E) policy for customers in Australia. “With this new policy, contractors can easily and...

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...