Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Expands to the Nordics, Names Regional and Product Line Leadership
July 01 2024 - 8:17AM
Business Wire
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced
that it has expanded its operations to the Nordic countries,
opening an office in Stockholm, and naming Anna Green as Head of
Nordics. BHSI has also appointed Karin Bryner as Head of Executive
& Professional Lines and Anton Holmgren as Head of General
Property, for the Nordics.
“Launching BHSI in the Nordics is an exciting continuation of
BHSI’s steady global expansion. We will continue to expand our
local team and capabilities, and look forward to bringing the
certainty of BHSI’s financial strength, underwriting acumen, and
CLAIMS IS OUR PRODUCT philosophy to customers and distribution
partners throughout Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland,” said
Andreas Krause, Head of DACH, BHSI.
Beginning immediately, BHSI’s Nordic office is underwriting
Executive & Professional Lines, General Property, Energy, and
Construction.
“We look forward to building a strong team in the Nordics and
bringing BHSI’s commitment to excellent technical underwriting and
highly responsive service to the market. We have already had great
response from brokers and customers,” said Anna Green, Head of
Nordics, BHSI.
Anna Green takes the reins as Head of Nordics with industry
experience spanning the Nordics, as well as Europe, the UK, and the
Asia Pacific region. Anna started her insurance career more than 20
years ago and was most recently CEO of the Sweden Branch of another
global insurer. Anna has deep expertise in Specialty and
Environmental underwriting. She is based in Stockholm and can be
reached at anna.green@bhspecialty.com.
Karin Bryner comes to her role as Head of Executive &
Professional Lines with more than 20 years of experience in
financial lines underwriting, including more than a decade focused
on Nordic risks. She was most recently Underwriting Manager,
Financial Lines in Sweden, at another global insurer. She is based
in Stockholm and can be reached at
Karin.Bryner@bhspecialty.com.
Anton Holmgren brings more than a decade of property
underwriting experience to his role as Head of General Property. He
has held increasingly senior underwriting roles over his career,
including Nordic Head of Underwriting, Property, Engineering Lines
& Marine, at another global insurer. He will be based in
Stockholm and can be reached at Anton.holmgren@bhspecialty.com.
BHSI’s new office in Sweden is located at:
Brahegatan 10 114 37 Stockholm Sweden
In Europe, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) trades
under Berkshire Hathaway European Insurance DAC (BHEI) and
Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance Limited (BHIIL). BHEI is
an Irish domiciled Designated Activity Company, Registration Number
636883 and Registered Office at 2nd Floor, 7 Grand Canal Street
Lower, Dublin D02 KW81. Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance
Limited (BHIIL) is an incorporated England and Wales limited
liability company, Registration Number 3230337 and Registered
Office at 8 Fenchurch Place, 4th Floor, London EC3M 4AJ, United
Kingdom. BHEI and BHIIL are affiliates of Berkshire Hathaway
Specialty Insurance Company (BHSIC), a Nebraska USA domiciled
corporation, which provides commercial property, casualty,
healthcare professional liability, executive and professional
lines, transactional liability, surety, marine, travel, programs,
accident and health, medical stop loss, homeowners, and
multinational insurance. BHSIC, BHIIL and BHEI are subsidiaries 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 offices in Atlanta, Boston,
Chicago, Columbia, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Irvine, Los
Angeles, New York, Plymouth Meeting, San Francisco, San Ramon,
Seattle, Stevens Point, Adelaide, Auckland, Barcelona, Brisbane,
Brussels, Cologne, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Kuala
Lumpur, London, Lyon, Macau, Madrid, Manchester, Melbourne, Milan,
Munich, Paris, Perth, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, Toronto, and
Zurich.
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