Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance News
Berkshire Gains Concierge Service with MyAssist
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is betting on a service that helps companies including Ford Motor Co. and Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz provide live, in-car support to drivers. Berkshire agreed ...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty to Acquire MyAssist and Insure America
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance said it has agreed to purchase the assets of MyAssist Inc., a live-agent personal concierge and telematics service provider, and Insure America LLC, a niche ...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Introduces ‘Executive First’ D&O
Offering up to $100 million of D&O capacity, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance said on Thursday that it introduced Executive First, a policy designed to address the complex and volatile ...
Capacity Keeping E&S Market Competitive; Berkshire Impact Yet to Materialize: Fitch
Growing capacity will limit rate hikes and promote persistent competition in the excess and surplus lines market, Fitch Ratings said in a report earlier this week. The U.S. E&S market, which ...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Emerges as Serious Player in 2013
The year 2013 has been quite eventful for Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI)—or half of a year, anyway. Since opening its doors for business in June with much fanfare, the new venture ...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Adds Healthcare Risk Management
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance is expanding its healthcare professional liability capabilities to provide customers with customized risk management support. The company will now reimburse ...
Berkshire Seen as Just One More Competitor to E&S Execs
Despite Berkshire-Hathaway's entrance into specialty insurance business, standard markets are still the players most capable of changing the dynamics of the surplus lines market, executives said ...