Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Names Theresa Biedermann Head of Executive & Professional Lines Claims, U.S.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced that Theresa Biedermann has been promoted to Head of Executive & Professional (E&P) Lines Claims in the U.S. She was previously Head of Commercial D&O & Financial Institutions Claims in the U.S.

“Theresa has been instrumental in delivering on our CLAIMS IS OUR PRODUCT philosophy in the E&P Lines market,” said Robert Romeo, Head of Claims, North America, BHSI. “In her expanded role, she will collaborate closely with our underwriters and deliver the best possible claims service for all our E&P customers and brokers -- from day one of their relationship with us.”

Theresa will now oversee claims across all BHSI E&P Lines in the U.S., including Commercial (Public) D&O, Private D&O, Financial Institutions, Employment Practices Liability, Cyber, Life Agents Broker Dealers, Lawyers Professional, and Miscellaneous Errors & Omissions Insurance.

Theresa joined BHSI in 2016 as Complex Claims Director and held a succession of increasingly senior positions, including AVP, E&P Lines Claims, and Vice President, E&P Lines Claims, before assuming her most recent role leading commercial D&O and financial institutions claims. She is based in New York and can be reached at [e-mail].

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. It underwrites on the paper 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.