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J. Philip Gardham

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J. Philip Gardham

President of Accident & Health U.S.
Head of Employer Stop Loss

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.

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Beth Freeman

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Beth Freeman

Senior Vice President Underwriting
Accident & Health, U.S.

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.

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Glenn Funk

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Glenn Funk

Seniore Vice President, Actuary

Office : 213.712.9034
Mobile : 949.383.0135
Email : [email protected]

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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.

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David Carney

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David Carney

Vice President, Operations

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.

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J. Philip Gardham

President of Accident & Health, U.S.
Head of Employer Stop Loss

Beth Freeman

Senior Vice President Underwriting
Accident & Health, U.S.

Glenn Funk

Senior Vice President, Actuary
Accident & Health, U.S.

David Carney

Vice President Operations
Accident & Health, U.S.

Darrin Napier

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Darrin Napier

Vice President, Claims & Clinical Management
Accident & Health, U.S.

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.

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Bill Bixler

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Bill Bixler

Vice President, Sales East
Regional Vice President, Northeast Mid-Atlantic
Accident & Health, U.S.

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.

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Chris Slezak

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Chris Slezak

Vice President, Sales West
Regional Vice President, South-Central
Accident & Health, U.S.

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.

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Ford Coacher

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Ford Coacher

Vice President Taft-Hartley and Public Entity
Accident & Health U.S.

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.

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Darrin Napier

Vice President, Claims & Clinical
Management, Accident & Health, U.S.

Bill Bixler

Vice President, Sales East
Regional Vice President, Northeast
Mid-Atlantic, Accident & Health, U.S.

Chris Slezak

Vice President, Sales West
Regional Vice President, South-Central
Accident & Health, U.S.

Ford Coacher

Vice President Taft-Hartley and
Public Entity, Accident & Health, U.S.

April Seward

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April Seward

Vice President Underwriting
Accident & Health, U.S.

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.

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Christie Tucker

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Christie Tucker

Vice President Clinical Risk Management
Accident & Health, U.S.

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.

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April Seward

Vice President of Underwriting
Accident & Health, U.S.

Christie Tucker

Vice President Clinical Risk
Management, Accident & Health, U.S.

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