David J. Bresnahan
David J. Bresnahan
Head of North America Underwriting
Office : 617.936.2903
Mobile : 617.659.0569
David Bresnahan is Head of North America Casualty, Healthcare Professional Liability, Surety, and Executive and Professional Lines at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Prior to joining BHSI, he was President of Lexington Insurance Company. He began his career in the insurance industry in 1990 with the Chubb Group and has held senior positions with New Hampshire Insurance Company and other AIG member companies. David holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Boston College and a Master’s in Business Administration from Boston University.
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David J. Bresnahan
Head of North America Underwriting
Sanjay Godhwani
Sanjay Godhwani
Head of North America Underwriting
Office : 617.936.2904
Mobile : 857.205.7093
Sanjay Godhwani is Head of North America Property, Medical Stop Loss, Small Business platform and Programs business at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Sanjay has been in the insurance industry for over 25 years. Prior to joining BHSI, he was President of AIG Latin America and Caribbean and Property Product Line Leader, AIG Property Casualty in the U.S. and Canada. Sanjay holds a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and is a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.
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Sanjay Godhwani
Head of North America Underwriting
Marc Breuil
Marc Breuil is Head of Asia Middle East at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Marc comes to BHSI with over 20 years of international insurance experience, including more than a decade in various senior level posts in the Asian market. Prior to joining BHSI, he was President & CEO of AIG Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. Marc received his Maitrise’s degree in Business Administration from Dauphine University in Paris and a Master’s degree from Baruch College.
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Marc Breuil
Head of Asia Middle East
Chris Colahan
Chris Colahan
Head of UK & Europe
Office : +44.20.3429.4998
Mobile : +44.78.5364.8795
Chris Colahan is Head of UK & Europe at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. He joined BHSI in 2015 as President Australasia, and moved to his current role in Jan 2018. Prior to joining BHSI, Chris was the Regional Chief Executive for RSA Insurance in Asia where he was responsible for RSA’s operations in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, RSA’s Regional Specialty Business and joint ventures in India and Thailand. During his 10 year career at RSA, Chris held several executive management positions including Regional Head of Strategy and Change Asia Middle East, Country Manager for RSA Singapore Retail, and CEO for RSA Hong Kong. Chris holds a degree in Law and Commerce from Bond University, Australia.
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Chris Colahan
Head of UK & Europe
Mark Lingafelter
Mark Lingafelter
Head of Australasia
Office : +612.8002.2159
Mobile : +61.400.407.517
Mark Lingafelter is Head of Australasia at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Mark has over 30 years of experience in the global insurance market and has held a variety of Underwriting, Country and Regional Leadership roles in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to BHSI, Mark served as the Chief Underwriting Officer, Asia Pacific for QBE Insurance. Previously, Mark held a range of leadership roles for the Chubb Group of Insurance Co’s, including serving as the Country Manager for Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. Mark holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colby College.
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Mark Lingafelter
Head of Australasia
Ignacio Almazan
Ignacio Almazán
Country Manager, Spain
Office : +34.914.141.691
Mobile : +34.654.597.399
Ignacio Almazán is Country Manager, Spain at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Ignacio comes to BHSI with more than 24 years of insurance industry experience. For the past decade, he served as Country Manager for RSA Spain. Prior to that, he was deputy director of the Energy Department at Willis Spain, and Leader of the Energy Department at Aon Spain. He began his insurance industry career as a Risk Engineer, then a C&E Underwriter, at Royal & Sun Alliance Spain. He holds degrees in Health & Safety and Engineering from the University of Madrid Politecnica.
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Ignacio Almazán
Country Manager, Spain
Hilary Browne
Hilary Browne
Country Manager, Ireland
Head of Casualty, UK & Europe
Office : +353.1.246.7245
Mobile : +353.86.607.0637
Hilary Browne is Country Manager, Ireland and Head of Casualty UK & Europe at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Prior to joining BHSI, Hilary spent the last 18 years at AIG in various roles in both Dublin and London. Most recently she was the Head of International Casualty based out of London, where she was responsible for AIG’s Casualty business across their 7 regions outside of the US (UK, EUROPE, MEA, APAC, China, Japan and LATAM). Prior to that, Hilary was responsible for Casualty in UK and Europe.
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Hilary Browne
Country Manager, Ireland
Head of Casualty, UK & Europe
Head of Casualty, UK & Europe
François-Xavier d’Huart
François-Xavier d’Huart
Country Manager, France
Office : +33.1.7210.3452
Mobile : +33.6.7228.2430
François-Xavier d’Huart is Country Manager, France at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. François-Xavier started his career with AXA in 2005 and held different positions in underwriting and underwriting management in various lines of business (Property, Marine, Environmental, Surety) and in various geographies (France and Asia). He was most recently Head of Client and Broker Management for France at AXA XL (previously XL Catlin).
François-Xavier holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from SUPELEC and a Master’s degree in Economics and Management from the IFP School. He received his actuarial degree from Centre d’Etudes Actuarielles.
Additionally, he is the President of the French Association for young talents in Insurance and Reinsurance (UJARF).
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François-Xavier d’Huart
Country Manager, France
Andreas Krause
Andreas Krause
Country Manager, Germany
Office : +49.221.4555.1912
Mobile : +49.160.9464.8113
Andreas Krause is Country Manager, Germany at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Andreas comes to BHSI with nearly 20 years of industry experience. Prior to joining, he was General Manager, Germany, at QBE Europe. Before that he held various roles in both underwriting and distribution at AIG Europe, and was Director of Broking at AON Germany in Hamburg. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Johann-Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Catholic University Eichstätt.
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Andreas Krause
Country Manager, Germany
Cam McLisky
Cam McLisky
Country Manager, New Zealand
Head of Executive & Professional Lines, Australasia
Office : 715.346.1840
Mobile : 609.504.6111
Cameron McLisky is Country Manager, New Zealand and Executive and Professional Lines Manager Australasia at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Cameron has been in the insurance industry for 25 years, previously with AIG where he spent 15 years working in New Zealand, Australia, London and Singapore. Prior to AIG he held roles with Gen Re, Marsh and Aon. He has experience in underwriting all Executive and Professional Lines products and in the full P&L management of those product lines. Cameron holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch New Zealand.
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Cameron McLisky
Country Manager, New Zealand
Head of Executive & Professional Lines, Australasia
Head of Executive & Professional Lines, Australasia
Peter McKenna
Peter McKenna
Country Manager, Singapore & Malaysia
Head of Casualty, Asia
Office : +65.6675.1160
Mobile : +65.9753.0188
Peter McKenna is Country Manager, Singapore & Malaysia and Head of Casualty, Asia at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Peter has been in the insurance industry since 1986 and has spent the past 11 years in various Casualty roles in Asia. Prior to joining BHSI in 2014, Peter was the Head of Casualty Asia for Catlin and he held a variety of roles with AIG both in the Australian and Asian marketplace. He has experience in both underwriting & claims management of all casualty lines in all Asia Pacific Territories/Jurisdictions.
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Peter McKenna
Country Manager, Singapore & Malaysia
Head of Casualty, Asia
Head of Casualty, Asia
Lori Spoon
Lori Spoon
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, North America
Office : 917.960.2407
Mobile : 646.509.7353
Lori Spoon Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, North America at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Lori leads BHSI’s Customer Advisory Board, Customer Round Table meetings, and development of new customer relationships in partnership with the team. Additionally, Lori leads BHSI’s distribution strategy and relationships with retail and wholesale brokers. She began her insurance career as an international underwriter at Chubb, then spent several years as an international broker with J&H and Marsh working on large multinational accounts. She became Managing Director and later Chief of Staff of Marsh’s NY Operations. Prior to joining BHSI, Lori was Senior Vice President and Broker Relationship Leader with Zurich. Lori is a graduate of DePauw University.
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Lori Spoon
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, North America
Mark Walker
Mark Walker
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, UK
Office : +44.20.3429.4937
Mobile : +44.78.6938.1130
Mark Walker is Head of Customer and Broker Engagement, UK at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Mark’s career in the insurance industry began in 1990 at SunAlliance (RSA), where he held several underwriting, business development, and senior leadership positions over a 25 year period. In 2015 he joined QBE as their first CEO of their Hong Kong business’s. Mark also has experience working in multi-cultural environments, having spent the last 10 years running business’s in the Caribbean and Asia.
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Mark Walker
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, UK
Kathleen Warden
Kathleen Warden
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, Australasia
Office : +612.8002.2180
Mobile : +61.436.487.887
Kathleen Warden is Head of Customer and Broker Engagement, Australasia at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. She has been in the insurance industry for over 10 years including Underwriting roles in D&O and Financial Institutions as well as State Manager (underwriting) across multiple lines. Kat holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Ryerson University.
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Kathleen Warden
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, Australasia
Daniel Weinmann
Daniel Weinmann
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, Germany
Office : +49.221.4555.1914
Mobile : +49.151.1768.5659
Daniel Weinmann is Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, Germany at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Daniel`s career in the insurance industry began in 1992 at Allianz Germany where he held several different roles. Prior to joining BHSI, Daniel was with Marsh and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, where he held several different Broking, Underwriting, Sales and Management positions. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the German Insurance Academy.
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Daniel Weinmann
Head of Customer & Broker Engagement, Germany