Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has promoted Louise Kidd to the newly created position of head of underwriting in Europe.
Kidd, who has more than 20 years of experience, will also continue in her role as global financial lines underwriting officer.
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She joined BHSI in 2020 as head of third-party lines in Ireland and taken over the role of country manager for Ireland.
Based in Dublin, Kidd will now oversee BHSI’s underwriting operations across Europe.
BHSI head of Europe Alessandro Cerase said: “BHSI’s steady and profitable expansion in Europe has been driven by the unwavering underwriting discipline and excellent service. Louise has been a leader in this effort.
“In her expanded role, she will work closely with our country managers, executing local and global strategies across our product lines, as we continue to strengthen our portfolio, enhance our service and deploy our deep technical risk expertise for customers and brokers across Europe.”
BHSI is known for offering insurance products including property, casualty, executive and professional (E&P), accident and health (A&H) lines, and multinational programmes across Europe.
Last month, BHSI expanded the responsibilities of Megan Howe, appointing her as the head of claims for Australasia.
Howe’s journey with BHSI began in 2015 when she was the head of claims for New Zealand.
Her role expanded in 2021 to include oversight of claims for the company’s global programme business.
BHSI’s insurance services span a wide range of areas such as A&H, casualty, E&P lines, healthcare professional liability, marine, medical stop loss, property, surety, transactional liability and travel.
