Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Appoints Craig Taylor Regional Head of Property, Australia & New Zealand

Business Wire

BOSTON & SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced that it has promoted Craig Taylor to the expanded role of Regional Head of Property, Australia & New Zealand.

“BHSI continues to grow our Technical Lines, Corporate and Mid-market books throughout Australia and New Zealand,” said Mark Lingafelter, Head of Australasia, BHSI. “Over the last 7 years, Craig has led the development of our Property and Risk Engineering team in Australia, and developed a strong reputation for exceptional service and technical capability with our customers and brokers. Craig will now take on a wider role, leading our New Zealand and Australian Property and Risk Engineering teams. We believe Berkshire brings unique capabilities to the market, and we are excited about the opportunity to further develop our Property business across the region.”

Craig joined BHSI in 2015 as Head of Property for Australia and will retain that role in addition to his new position. He started his career in New Zealand and brings more than 25 years of property underwriting experience to this role. Craig will continue to be based in Sydney and can be reached at [email protected].

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (incorporated in Nebraska, USA) ABN 84 600 643 034, AFS License No. 466713 (www.bhspecialty.com) provides commercial property, casualty, healthcare professional liability, executive and professional lines, transactional liability, surety, marine, travel, programs, accident & health, medical stop loss, homeowners, and multinational insurance. The actual and final terms of coverage for all product lines may vary. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company holds 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, Houston, Indianapolis, Irvine, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, San Ramon, Seattle, Stevens Point, Adelaide, Auckland, Brisbane, Brussels, Cologne, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, London, Lyon, Macau, Madrid, Manchester, Melbourne, Munich, Paris, Perth, Singapore, Switzerland, Sydney, Toronto, and Zurich.