Berkshire Hathaway taps AIG and Chubb execs for leadership roles
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has appointed Vanessa Maxwell as head of professional indemnity and cyber insurance, and Tom Dilley as head of financial institutions in Southern Europe.
Both the executives will be based in the company's London office.
Maxwell joins to BHSI after 15 years at AIG, where she was most recently head of professional liability, cyber and commercial institutions, UK. Prior to that, she was underwriting manager (financial institutions) for North American executive liability lines, and underwriting manager (professional liability) at AIG in New York.
Dilley joins BHSI after 12 years at Ace (then Chubb), where he held a variety of roles within the financial institutions team, most recently head of financial institutions, UK and Ireland. Throughout his career, he has underwritten a broad scope of international financial institutions, specializing in investment management business.
"We are pleased to have Vanessa and Tom leading our expansion in key executive and professional lines," said Patrick Brown, head of executive and professional lines, UK and Southern Europe, BHSI.
"Vanessa will focus on building our professional indemnity and cyber portfolio while Tom will grow our financial institutions book of business. As we move into these new product areas, we look forward to spreading the advantages of BHSI’s clear, concise policy wording and financial strength in the UK and Southern Europe."
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