Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance News

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance to Acquire MyAssist and Insure America

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 provides insurance products to the travel industry, from …

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Expands into Builder’s Risk Segment

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 president, Construction. “These new capabilities enable us to round out …

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Adds Healthcare Risk Management

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 professional liability insurance policyholders for the costs of pre-approved risk management services of their …

Berkshire Specialty Introduces Business Crisis Event Cost Coverage

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 fees of a crisis management consulting firm. The new …

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Names VP of Claims, Executive & Professional Lines

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 vice president of claims, executive and professional lines. …

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Hires Markel IT Exec as Chief Information Officer

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance — the recently launched commercial P/C insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway — hired James Roser as chief information officer. He is based in Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance’s main office in Boston. Roser was most recently IT …

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Hires 2 Execs From Zurich, The Hartford

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 professional liability, and William Sullivan as vice president, construction casualty. These …

Zurich’s Broker Relationship Leader Moves to Berkshire Hathaway Specialty

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance — the new commercial P/C insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway — appointed Lori Spoon Rafkin as senior vice president, customer and broker engagement. Spoon Rafkin was previously broker relationship leader, North America, at Zurich Insurance. She …

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Appoints Tortorella as Chief Legal Officer

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance — the new commercial P/C insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway — appointed Ralph Tortorella III as senior vice president, chief legal and compliance officer. Tortorella was previously the global specialty general counsel at Liberty Mutual Group …

CNA’s Fortin Latest Industry Exec to Join Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance

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 Hathaway Specialty Insurance, the new commercial P/C insurance unit of Berkshire …