Berkshire Hathaway opens office in Ireland with MS Amlin hire

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI), has established a new office in Dublin, and appointed Cormac McNamara as property/casualty manager of BHSI Ireland.

McNamara has over 24 years of experience in the UK and Ireland insurance markets. He spent the last six years at MS Amlin/Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group, where he held a variety of underwriting positions, most recently as Ireland underwriting and distribution manager. Before Mitsui Sumitomo, McNamara was commercial insurance manager, UK region and Ireland, at Chubb Insurance Company of Europe, and held several other underwriting positions at Chubb prior to beginning his career at QBE Europe.

"Cormac will build our local team and lead our efforts to bring all of BHSI’s Southern European underwriting capabilities to Ireland," said Tom Bolt, president, UK and Southern Europe. "We are excited to further expand our geographic footprint in the region as we steadily grow our underwriting capabilities as well."

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