BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced that it is entering the fidelity and crime insurance market, and named Brian O’Neill to lead the effort.
"Brian's breadth and depth of fidelity insurance knowledge will enable BHSI to provide well-tailored solutions to customers. We are pleased to have him leading BHSI's latest expansion, as we continue to round out our portfolio of executive and professional lines," said Andre Basile, Chief Underwriting Officer, Executive and Professional Lines, BHSI.
Brian comes to BHSI with 30 years of fidelity and crime underwriting and underwriting management experience, most recently as Executive Vice President, Senior Fidelity Officer at AIG. He also recently served as Chairman of the Underwriting Committee of the Surety and Fidelity Association of America, and is a frequent speaker on fidelity and crime issues at industry events. He holds a bachelor's degree in Finance from Iona College.
Brian is based in the New York office of BHSI.
The new fidelity and crime insurance capabilities are the latest addition to BHSI’s expanding Executive First line of executive liability products. BHSI currently offers Executive FirstTM Fiduciary Liability Insurance, and Executive FirstTM Directors & Officers Liability insurance for large commercial and financial organizations.
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 insurance 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.
