Berkshire Hathaway swoops for marine and property leaders from AXA, Zurich

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has appointed Pedro Mairos as head of marine, and Sean Mannion as head of property, for the UK and Ireland.

Mairos comes to BHSI with nearly two decades working in marine insurance. He was most recently UK deputy chief underwriting officer and head of marine cargo underwriting, UK branch, at AXA Corporate Solutions. He also held marine insurance roles at AXA in Paris, Hong Kong and Dubai.

Mannion was most recently head of property & energy lines, commercial insurance UK, at Zurich. Prior to that, he was senior vice president and global property executive at AIG UK.

“With Pedro and Sean leading our teams, we are bringing to market marine and property solutions built with deep local expertise, and grounded in stellar financial strength and claims service,” said Chris Colahan, head of UK and Europe, BHSI. “Our new line of flexible marine products marks an important advance in providing broad, multi-line solutions for customers and brokers in the UK and Ireland.”

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