Tag: Appointments

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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance has promoted Cathy Miller to Head of North America Property and announced several other promotions within its North America Property team.

As Head of North America Property, Cathy will oversee the insurer’s general property, energy, builder’s risk and marine business in the U.S. and Canada. She was previously Global Property Underwriting Officer. In other newly announced promotions:

• Greg Freeman has been named U.S. Retail Leader, General Property. In addition to his new role, Greg will continue to play an integral role in BHSI’s North America builder’s risk business. He was previously Head of Retail General Property, U.S. Eastern Region.

• Mark Lees has been named Global Property Underwriting Officer. He was previously Head of Retail General Property, U.S. Western Region.

• Scott Johnson has been named Head of Retail General Property, U.S. Eastern Region. He was previously Head of Retail General Property, U.S. Northeast Region.

• Alison McVeigh has been named Head of Retail General Property, U.S. Northeast Region. She was previously Vice President, U.S. Northeast Region Property.

• Manny Dewani has been named Head of Retail General Property, U.S. Western Region. He was previously Vice President, U.S. Western Region Property.

“BHSI has an exceptional team of individuals with excellent capabilities and strong character bringing our reliable capacity, risk engineering and CLAIMS IS OUR PRODUCT philosophy to the marketplace,” said Sanjay Godhwani, President of North America, BHSI. “I am pleased to tap into our deep bench of talent in making these promotions. All of these leaders have pivotal roles to play as we continue to expand our property portfolio in North America and around the globe.”

BHSI offers a full line of property, builder’s risk and marine insurance products and services in North America and around the world.

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Disclosure: David Mazor is a freelance writer focusing on Berkshire Hathaway. The author is long in Berkshire Hathaway, and this article is not a recommendation on whether to buy or sell a stock. The information contained in this article should not be construed as personalized or individualized investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance has appointed Pedro Mairos as Global Underwriting Officer, Marine. He was previously Head of Marine for the UK & Ireland at BHSI.

“Our large global footprint coupled with the substantial growth of our Marine business made now the optimal time to deepen the global leadership of our marine underwriting team worldwide,” said Dean LaPierre, Chief Underwriting Officer, Property & Marine, BHSI. “We are pleased to have such a deep bench of talent across both underwriting and claims to service our marine customers and brokers in local markets around the globe.”

Pedro joined BHSI in 2019. He has more than two decades of experience in the global marine market, including Europe, Asia and the Middle East. He will continue to be based in London.

BHSI offers a full range of marine insurance products worldwide, including inland transit, motor truck cargo, warehouse legal liability, builder’s risk, contractor’s equipment, ocean cargo, stock throughputs, project cargo, and marine equipment, including subsea equipment.

© 2022 David Mazor

Disclosure: David Mazor is a freelance writer focusing on Berkshire Hathaway. The author is long in Berkshire Hathaway, and this article is not a recommendation on whether to buy or sell a stock. The information contained in this article should not be construed as personalized or individualized investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance has appointed Anselm Waigand as Head of Risk Engineering, Germany. He was previously Senior Risk Engineer at BHSI in Frankfurt, Germany.

“Anselm has been at the forefront of our efforts to expand our risk engineering team and capabilities in Germany and throughout the region,” said Leander Metzger, Head of Property, Engineered Lines and Risk Engineering, DACH region. “I am so pleased to have him now leading our growing risk engineering team in Germany as we deploy our deep technical expertise locally in Europe.”

Anselm joined BHSI in 2020, and has more than 15 years of engineering experience at major global insurers. He holds a degree in Civil/Structural Engineering from Technical University Darmstadt, Germany.

He will continue to be based in Frankfurt.

© 2022 David Mazor

Disclosure: David Mazor is a freelance writer focusing on Berkshire Hathaway. The author is long in Berkshire Hathaway, and this article is not a recommendation on whether to buy or sell a stock. The information contained in this article should not be construed as personalized or individualized investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.