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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company Expands into New Zealand, Announces Licence and Confirms Local Office Appointments
[June 29, 2015]

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company Expands into New Zealand, Announces Licence and Confirms Local Office Appointments


Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) today announced that it has received its licence from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and is underwriting property and casualty insurance through its new office in Auckland.

"We are pleased to bring the financially strong capacity and customer-centric underwriting and claims handling of BHSI to New Zealand. We open our doors in Auckland with a highly experienced team, a broad appetite for property and casualty risks, and a commitment to providing responsive and enduring solutions to the marketplace," said Peter Eastwood, Global President and Chief Executive Officer of BHSI.

Country Manager Cameron McLisky said "I am delighted to introduce BHSI to the New Zealand marketplace. We have assembled an excellent team and look forward to collaborating with our brokers and insureds to provide stable, flexible solutions along with the quality service that is a hallmark of BHSI operations everywhere."

Cameron comes to BHSI with two decades of industry experience. He was most recently Regional Financial Lines Manager at AIG Asia Pacific. Before that he was Regional Offices Manager at AIG UK Ltd; Australian Financial Lines Manager at AIG Australia; and Financial Lines Manager at AIG in New Zealand. He was also Casualty Manager at Gen Re in Auckland. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from the University of Canterbury in Christchurch.

he BHSI appointments in New Zealand also include:



Doug Thomson (News - Alert) - Property and Energy Manager. Doug was most recently Head of Vero Special Risks. Before that, he was Head of Property and Energy Manager for AIG in New Zealand.

Anthony Posa - Casualty Manager. Anthony comes to BHSI with nearly two decades of experience, most recently as Auckland Region Commercial Lines Manager and Corporate Trading Team Manager at Lumley Insurance. He was previously at Ace and RSA (News - Alert).


Megan Howe - Claims Manager. Megan has 20 years of experience as a lawyer, most recently at Robin Simon LLP in London, where she specialized in defense, coverage and regulatory work for insurers and professionals.

Other highly experienced members of BHSI's underwriting team include Karen Poching and Ian Marshall, both Senior Underwriters, Financial Lines, and Nikki Quain, Senior Underwriter, Property. Jessica Jefferies is Underwriting Assistant.

In addition, BHSI can offer Marine Cargo in New Zealand, with Australia-based Mark Dixon also having New Zealand responsibility.

For more information, contact Cameron McLisky at +649 301 3911 or [email protected].

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (www.bhspecialty.com) provides commercial property, casualty, healthcare professional liability, executive and professional lines, surety, travel, programs, and homeowners insurance. 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, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, San Ramon, Stevens Point, Auckland, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Singapore, Sydney and Toronto.

For more information, contact [email protected].


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