Office : 803.876.4969
Email : [email protected]
Phil Gardham is President of Accident & Health, U.S. and Head of Medical 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.
Mobile : 260.519.4477
Email : [email protected]
Ken Gumbiner is Senior Vice President Sales, Accident & Health, U.S. at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Ken brings more than three decades of industry experience to his new role at BHSI and was, most recently, SVP, Head of Accident & Health Sales, North America, at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions. Previously, Ken served as Executive Vice President of Sales, IHC Risk Solutions. Ken attended Union Bible College in Westfield, Indiana.
Office: 615.582.3187
Email: [email protected]
Michael Ashack is the Head of the Taft-Hartley and Public Entity Segment for Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Medical Stop Loss. Mike has more than 30 years industry experience in group insurance/ health care and has led sales/service teams and supported customers in all regions of the US. Mike leads the BHSI strategy to acquire new Taft-Hartley groups with the sales team and to make sure our customer experience is best in class.
Office : 213.712.9034
Mobile : 949.383.0135
Email : [email protected]
Glenn Funk is Actuary, Medical 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 : 857.317.5495
Mobile : 609.250.3256
Email : [email protected]
Douglas Yates is Senior Vice President & Lead Actuary, Accident & Health U.S. at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Douglas began his career at Munich Re America in 2008, working with a variety of reinsurance products in the US healthcare market. He became a fellow of the Society of Actuaries in 2012, and the following year moved to Munich, Germany to work in Munich Health’s actuarial department supporting the Southern Europe and Latin American markets. Upon returning to the US, he moved into an underwriting role, and shortly thereafter assumed the leadership role for Munich Health’s US quota share reinsurance business. Douglas joined RGA in 2015, where he led the healthcare quota share actuarial team, providing analytics and insights for RGA’s employer stop loss clients. He and his team were also responsible capital-motivated reinsurance transactions, as well as a turnkey employer stop loss product for managed care plans.
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.