Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Names Thomas Pache as Head of PI/Cyber Insurance, DACH Region and Kim Schumacher as Senior Property Underwriter; Opens Office in Hamburg
07 Octubre 2024 - 4:00AM
Business Wire
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced it
has named Thomas Pache to lead its newly launched PI and Cyber
Insurance lines in the DACH region, and Kim Schumacher as Senior
Property Underwriter. Additionally, the organization has opened an
office in Hamburg to be closer to its broker partners and customers
– both Thomas and Kim will be located in the new Hamburg
office.
“I am excited to continue to expand the expertise and solutions
BHSI brings to the DACH region as we expand both our product lines
and our local presence,” said Andreas Krause, Head of DACH. “The
strength of our brand, our balance sheet, and our people, along
with our CLAIMS IS OUR PRODUCT philosophy, is an excellent match
for the local marketplace.”
Thomas comes to BHSI with more than three decades of industry
experience. In his newly created role, he will focus on delivering
comprehensive PI and cyber solutions to customers, with a focus on
the information technology and software industry segments. He can
be reached at thomas.pache@bhspecialty.com
Kim Schumacher, who will focus on growing BHSI’s Mittelstand
property business in Germany, comes to BHSI with almost 20 years of
industry experience. She was most recently Property underwriter at
another major insurer and, earlier in her career, was an insurance
broker. She can be reached at kim.schumacher@bhspecialty.com.
BHSI offers Property, Casualty and Executive & Professional
Lines solutions in Germany and throughout the DACH region.
In Europe, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) trades
under Berkshire Hathaway European Insurance DAC (BHEI) and
Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance Limited (BHIIL). BHEI is
an Irish domiciled Designated Activity Company, Registration Number
636883 and Registered Office at 2nd Floor, 7 Grand Canal Street
Lower, Dublin D02 KW81. Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance
Limited (BHIIL), is an incorporated England and Wales limited
liability company, Registration Number 3230337 and Registered
Office at 8 Fenchurch Place, 4th Floor, London EC3M 4AJ, United
Kingdom. BHEI and BHIIL are affiliates of Berkshire Hathaway
Specialty Insurance Company (BHSIC), a Nebraska USA domiciled
corporation, which provides commercial property, casualty,
healthcare professional liability, executive and professional
lines, transactional liability, surety, marine, travel, programs,
accident and health, medical stop loss, homeowners, and
multinational insurance. BHSIC, BHIIL and BHEI are subsidiaries of
Berkshire Hathaway's National Indemnity group of insurance
companies, which hold 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, Columbia, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Irvine, Los
Angeles, New York, Plymouth Meeting, San Francisco, San Ramon,
Seattle, Stevens Point, Adelaide, Auckland, Barcelona, Brisbane,
Brussels, Cologne, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong,
Kuala Lumpur, London, Lyon, Macau, Madrid, Manchester, Melbourne,
Milan, Munich, Paris, Perth, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, Toronto,
and Zurich.
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