BOSTON & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced two executive appointments, welcoming Andrew Hopper as Head of Financial Institutions, UK, and promoting Chris Nixon to Underwriting Manager, Executive & Professional Lines, UK. Chris Warrior, who is currently the Underwriting Manager for Executive & Professional Lines, UK is retiring at year end.
“I am extremely proud of the reputation BHSI has established as a trusted long-term partner in the UK executive & professional lines market,” said Jessica Kirby, Head of Executive & Professional Lines, UK, at BHSI. “I look forward to working with Andrew Hopper and Chris Nixon as we continue to deliver the strength of BHSI and our CLAIMS IS OUR PRODUCT philosophy to the marketplace. I also want to thank Chris Warrior for his pivotal work building our stellar team, deepening our market relationships, and his significant contribution to our solid portfolio over the past five years. Chris is retiring after a distinguished 42-year career working across the financial lines market. I wish him and his family all the best in his new chapter.”
Andrew comes to BHSI with more than 20 years of financial lines experience with both brokers and underwriters and a particular focus on financial institutions. He was most recently Head of Financial Institutions, UK and Europe, at another insurer. Andrew will be based in London and can be reached at andrew.hopper@bhspecialty.com.
Chris Nixon has more than a decade of industry experience. He joined BHSI in 2019 as Senior Underwriter, UK Commercial D&O, and was subsequently promoted to Underwriting Manager, Commercial Management Liability, UK, before being named to his current expanded role. He is based in London and can be reached at chris.nixon@bhspecialty.com.
BHSI’s executive & professional lines products in the UK and Europe include executive liability, financial institutions, cyber liability, professional lines, transactional liability, and financial institutions coverages.
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.
