

Office : 803.876.4969
Email : [email protected]
Phil Gardham is President of Accident & Health, U.S. and Head of Employer Stop Loss at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Phil has more than 30 years of industry experience and is joining BHSI after a successful career at Companion Life Insurance Company, where he served in increasing levels of leadership responsibility, including President.


Mobile : 215.429.8438
Email : [email protected]
Beth Freeman is Senior Vice President of Underwriting, Accident & Health, U.S. at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Beth comes to BHSI with more than 25 years of experience underwriting an array of A&H products and was, most recently, AVP, A&H Underwriting and Program Business, at Companion Life Insurance Company. Previously, Beth served as Chief Underwriting Officer at Montgomery Management/Spectrum Underwriting Managers, a division of Companion Life.
Beth holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Arcadia University in Pennsylvania.


Office : 213.712.9034
Mobile : 949.383.0135
Email : [email protected]
Glenn Funk is Senior Vice President, Actuary, Employer Stop Loss at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Glenn has over 40 years of industry experience, most recently serving as Vice President and Actuary at AIG Benefits Solutions. Glenn was Executive Vice President and Chief Actuary of Medical Excess, LLC., and served as Chief Actuary at American Health & Life Insurance Company, General Reassurance Corporation and Anthem Insurance Companies.


Office : 803.553.7034
Mobile : 803.728.7871
Email : [email protected]
David Carney is Vice President of Operations, Accident & Health U.S. at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. David has over 15 years of insurance and financial service experience. Prior to joining BHSI, David served as AVP of Business & Risk with Companion Life Insurance Company and Chief Risk Officer of a national Third-Party Administrator. David earned his Bachelor of Business Administration with a focus in Accounting from North-eastern State University, his MBA with a focus on Finance and a Master’s in Organizational Leadership from Charleston Southern University.


Mobile: 317.644.9289
Email: [email protected]
Darrin Napier is Vice President, Claims & Clinical Management, Accident & Health, U.S. at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Darrin has been in the insurance industry for 32 years including roles in auditing and management of stop-loss. He has experience in Managing General Underwriter’s, Carriers and Reinsurance processes of stop-loss claims.


Mobile : 215.527.3596
Email : [email protected]
Bill Bixler serves as Vice President of Sales East and Regional Vice President of the Northeast Mid-Atlantic, Accident & Health, U.S. at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. With more than 25 years of experience in the insurance industry, Bill brings extensive expertise across employer stop loss, sales, claims, and third-party administrator operations. Bill earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Temple University.


Mobile : 469.825.9149
Email : [email protected]
Chris Slezak is Vice President of Sales West and Regional Vice President of the South-Central, Accident & Health, U.S. at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Chris has over 25 years of industry experience and joined BHSI after a successful sales career with Optum and Tokyo Marine HCC. Chris holds a Bachelor of Science with a focus in Finance from Hight Point University.


Office : 484.535.1658
Email : [email protected]
Ford Coacher is Vice President of Taft-Hartley and Public Entity, Accident & Health, U.S., at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Ford has more than 12 years of experience working with multiemployer benefit plans and holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Pennsylvania State University.


Mobile : 267.436.2792
Email : [email protected]
April Seward is Vice President of Underwriting, Accident & Health, U.S. at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. She brings extensive experience across stop-loss underwriting, Accident & Health product audits, along with operations and risk management. April earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Kutztown University.


Mobile : 910.508.6733
Email : [email protected]
Christie Tucker is Vice President of Clinical Risk Management, Accident & Health, U.S. at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. She brings more than 29 years of experience as a Registered Nurse, with a broad clinical background spanning oncology, acute inpatient care, outpatient care, complex case management, and clinical research. Her expertise includes extensive work across the ASO, TPA, and stop loss industries. Christie earned both her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Science in Nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.