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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Enters Singapore, Names Key Leaders

Dec 8 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that it has received its non-life insurance license in Singapore, and named Marc Breuil as regional president, Marcus Portbury as head of third party lines, and Peter...

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Unveils New D&O Policy

Nov 19 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has unveiled its Executive First Side A Difference-in-Conditions (DIC) Directors & Officers Liability Policy, which provides protection for individual directors and...

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Adds Contractor’s, Business Crisis Cover

Nov 13 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has created a Contractor’s Broad Form Coverage, which is now available to contractors with BHSI’s primary general liability practice policies. In addition, BHSI is...

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Offers Fiduciary Liability Product

Oct 9 2014 // Boston-based Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has launched Executive First Fiduciary Liability Insurance, a new addition to its Executive First suite of executive liability insurance products offering...

People – South Central

Oct 6 2014 // The board of directors of the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT) announced that Philip R. Ballinger is retiring as executive director as of Jan. 2, 2015.Ballinger has been with SLSOT for 22 years and has been...

Business Moves

Oct 6 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway SpecialtyBerkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) said it is entering the fidelity and crime insurance market, and has named Brian O’Neill to lead the effort. O’Neill joins BHSI with 30...

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Enters Fidelity & Crime Market; Names AIG’s O’Neill

Sep 23 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) said it is entering the fidelity and crime insurance market, and has named Brian O’Neill to lead the effort.O’Neill joins BHSI with 30 years of fidelity and crime...

CNA’s Kocaj Joins Berkshire Hathaway Specialty

Sep 3 2014 // Specialty insurer Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has appointed Tom Kocaj as vice president and head of Financial Institutions, Executive and Professional Lines. Kocaj joins BHSI with a quarter century of...

Berkshire Specialty Enters Fiduciary Liability Segment, Hires Prussack as VP

Jul 28 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has entered the fiduciary liability market and named Rhonda Prussack as vice president, Fiduciary Liability, to lead the effort.According to Dan Fortin, senior vice president,...

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Jumps Into Surety with Zurich’s Delisio

Jun 12 2014 // Continuing with its rapid expansion, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance is moving into the surety market, focusing on contract surety business. The company has appointed Geoff Delisio as senior vice president of...

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Enters Travel Insurance Business

May 20 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection, part of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, has launched the first product in its new travel-insurance line designed for travelers, travel agencies, tour operators and travel...

SNL’s Top 30 E&S Writers: Berkshire On Fire with 40% Growth in 2013

Apr 7 2014 // With 40 percent premium growth in 2013, Berkshire Hathaway climbed five spots in the U.S. excess and surplus lines (E&S) ranking by SNL Financial, while QBE scaled back its North American operations and fell three...

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Exec on Acquisitions, Expansion Plans

Mar 31 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), part of Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate holding company Berkshire Hathaway, has its eyes on overseas expansion, according to BHSI’s top executive.BHSI’s...

Carriers Committed to D&O Segment

Mar 10 2014 // Several turbulent years of increased claims, more regulation and additional oversight of directors and officers have not deterred carriers from the directors and officers (D&O) liability segment. As more carriers beef...

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Launches Healthcare Umbrella Policy

Mar 4 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has introduced a healthcare umbrella policy designed to address the exposures of large medical providers in the ever-changing healthcare environment. Reflecting the...

Insurance Units’ Profits Drive Berkshire Hathaway

Mar 3 2014 // Insurance operations contributed $5.7 billion to total operating income of $15.1 billion for Berkshire Hathaway in 2013—with an underwriting profit of $2.0 billion (after taxes) representing the 11th year in a row with...

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...

People – East

Feb 10 2014 // The Hartford Financial Services Group recently announced the election of Julie Richardson to its board of directors. Richardson will serve on the board’s audit committee as well as the finance, investment and risk...

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...