Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Launches Program Business in Canada With David Tran at the Helm

National Post

3 days ago

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BOSTON & TORONTO — Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced its entry into the Programs market in Canada and named David Tran as Head of Programs, Canada.
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'BHSI continues to grow steadily across Canada, expanding our team, our geographic reach, and our product lines,' said Andrew Knight, Country Manager, Canada, BHSI. 'Our move into the Programs space is a natural evolution of our strategy to 'go wide and go deep'—broadening our specialty underwriting capabilities and bringing the security of our strong balance sheet to new segments and distribution partners. I'm thrilled to welcome David, whose extensive expertise will be instrumental in driving this strategic initiative.'
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David brings more than two decades of experience in underwriting and strategic relationship management to his new role. He was most recently Vice President, National Strategic Relationships at another insurer. In David's new capacity as Head of Programs for BHSI Canada, he will be responsible for launching and leading program strategies which includes a new national platform that delivers insurance solutions through strategic partnerships with program administrators, MGA's and broker partners. David is based in Toronto and can be reached at [e-mail].
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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance ( www.bhspecialty.com) 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. The actual and final terms of coverage for all product lines may vary. In Canada it underwrites on the paper of National Liability & Fire Insurance Company, a part 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, Calgary, Cologne, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, London, Lyon, Macau, Madrid, Manchester, Melbourne, Milan, Munich, Paris, Perth, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, Toronto, and Zurich.
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