BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance today announced the appointment of Robert L. Romeo as Vice President, Claims, Healthcare Professional Liability & Construction Lines. Robert was previously Senior Vice President, Claims, Medical Risk, Construction and Construction Defect, at ACE.
"Robert's business acumen, diligence and work ethic exemplify our approach to handling claims,” said David Crowe, SVP, Chief Claims Officer, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. "His deep industry knowledge and experience will help us to enhance our relationships with customers and brokers, and assist them to achieve the best possible outcome and resolution of a claim.”
Robert previously managed healthcare, construction, excess casualty and construction defect claims at ACE. Before that, he held positions of increasing responsibility at AIG Healthcare. He began his insurance career handling medical malpractice claims at Zurich North America.
He holds a juris doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School and a bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from Saint John's University. He will be based in the New York office of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance.
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (www.bhspecialty.com) provides commercial property, casualty, healthcare professional liability, executive and professional lines insurance and programs for customers across the U.S. It underwrites on the paper of Berkshire Hathaway's National Indemnity group of companies, which hold financial strength ratings of A++ from AM Best and AA+ from Standard & Poor's. Based in Boston, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance has regional underwriting offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. For more information, contact info@bhspecialty.com.
