Berkshire Hathaway Names Bart De Wilde Head Of Property In Switzerland
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced the appointment of Bart De Wilde, who will lead the growing property insurance team and portfolio in Switzerland.
“I am delighted to expand our Swiss business with leaders and teammates whose outstanding skills and personality traits will foster the best possible experience for clients and agents looking for stable real estate solutions,” said Leander Metzger, Country Manager, Switzerland, BHSI. “Bart will build and lead our real estate team, bringing our trusted capacity, risk engineering and CLAIMS IS OUR PRODUCT philosophy to the Swiss market.”
Bart has over two decades of insurance and engineering experience. He joins BHSI from Holcim Ltd where he was most recently Deputy Head of Group Insurance. He holds a master’s degree in industrial sciences from the Catholic University of Leuven, Technology Campus de Nayer.
BHSI Opened a New Office in Zurich
Continuing to expand its global footprint, BHSI opened a new office in Zurich, Switzerland in 2022 where its growing team offers clients and brokers a full range of commercial property, casualty and specialty insurance solutions.
In Europe, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) trades as Berkshire Hathaway European Insurance DAC (BHEI) and Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance Limited (BHIIL). BHEI is an Ireland based company with registration number 636883 and registered office at 2nd Floor, 7 Grand Canal Street Lower, Dublin D02 KW81. Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance Limited (BHIIL) is a limited company registered in England and Wales, registration number 3230337 and registered office at 8 Fenchurch Place, 4th Floor, London EC3M 4AJ, United Kingdom.
BHEI and BHIIL are divisions of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSIC), a Nebraska-based company providing commercial property insurance, casualty insurance, professional liability insurance, executive and healthcare professional liability insurance, transaction insurance, suretyship insurance, marine insurance , travel insurance, program insurance, accident and health insurance, homeowners insurance and multi-national insurance. BHSIC, BHIIL and BHEI are subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway’s National Indemnity Group of Insurance Companies, which has a financial strength rating of A++ by AM Best and AA+ by Standard Poor’s.
BHSI is based in Boston with offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Indianapolis, Irvine, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, San Ramon, Seattle, Stevens Point, Adelaide, Auckland, Brisbane, Brussels, Cologne, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, London, Lyon, Macau, Madrid, Manchester, Melbourne, Munich, Paris, Perth, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto and Zurich.
This article is originally published on finanznachrichten.de
