Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company Expands to Malaysia, Names Gaithrie Nandrajog Branch Manager & Koo Kang Wuu Business Development Manager

BOSTON--()--Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) today announced that it has received a license from Labuan FSA to provide non-life reinsurance to the Malaysian market. The company also established a new office in Kuala Lumpur and named Gaithrie Nandrajog as Branch Manager and Koo Kang Wuu as Executive & Professional Lines and Business Development Manager in Malaysia.

“After putting down roots in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Macau, we are pleased to further expand our operations in Asia and bring facultative reinsurance capacity and new products with the backing of our strong balance sheet to selected Malaysian insurance partners,” said Marc Breuil, President, Asia, BHSI. “With the opening of our Malaysian office, we continue to deepen our underwriting and claims capabilities in the region.”

Gaithrie, who will oversee BHSI’s new Malaysian reinsurance operation, holds a bachelor’s degree in law from the University of West England, Bristol. Koo holds an MBA from RMIT University plus a B. A. (Hons) from the University of Hertfordshire (UK). Both come to BHSI with more than a decade of experience in the Malaysian insurance industry.

BHSI’s new Malaysia office is located at:

Unit A-28-02, Tower A, Menara UOA Bangsar
5, Jalan Bangsar Utama 1, Bangsar Utama,
59000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

For more information, contact Gaithrie at Gaithrie.Nandrajog@bhspecialty.com or Koo at KangWuu.Koo@bhspecialty.com

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (www.bhspecialty.com) provides commercial property, casualty, healthcare professional liability, executive and professional lines, surety, travel, programs, medical stop loss, and homeowners insurance. The actual and final terms of coverage for all product lines may vary. In Asia, it underwrites on the paper of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company, which holds financial strength ratings of A++ from AM Best and AA+ from Standard & Poor’s. Based in Boston, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance has offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Irvine, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, San Ramon, Seattle, Stevens Point, Auckland, Brisbane, Düsseldorf, Hong Kong, Macau, Melbourne, Singapore, Sydney and Toronto. For more information, contact info@bhspecialty.com.

Contacts

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance
JoAnn Lee, 617-936-2937

Release Summary

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company Expands to Malaysia, Names Gaithrie Nandrajog Branch Manager & Koo Kang Wuu Business Development Manager

Contacts

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance
JoAnn Lee, 617-936-2937