Peter J. Eastwood
Peter J. Eastwood
President & Chief Executive Officer
Office: 617.936.2901
Mobile: 781.206.5426
Peter Eastwood is President & Chief Executive Officer of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), a role he has held since BHSI was launched in April 2013. Peter’s career in the insurance industry began in 1991 at American International Group (AIG), where he held several underwriting, underwriting management, and senior leadership positions over a twenty two year period. Peter holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Ohio Wesleyan University and a Master in Business Administration degree from New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business.
Additionally, he is a member of the Board of Trustees of Ohio Wesleyan University, as well as a member of the President’s Advisory Board of the Brigham & Women’s Hospital.
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Peter J. Eastwood
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
David J. Bresnahan
David J. Bresnahan
Executive Vice President
Global Chief Operating Officer
Office : 617.936.2903
Mobile : 617.659.0569
David Bresnahan is Executive Vice President, Global Chief Operating Officer at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Prior to joining BHSI, he was President of Lexington Insurance Company. He began his career in the insurance industry in 1990 with the Chubb Group and has held senior positions with New Hampshire Insurance Company and other AIG member companies. David holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Boston College and a Master’s in Business Administration from Boston University.
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David J. Bresnahan
Global Chief Operating Officer
David N. Fields
David N. Fields
Executive Vice President
Office: 617.936.2902
Mobile: 857.205.6514
David Fields is Executive Vice President of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. David was previously President of AIG Global Casualty, prior to that, Chief Underwriting Officer and Chief Reinsurance Officer of the group. David began his career at ISO and has held multiple senior positions, both underwriting and actuarial, at AIG member companies. David holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics from Rutgers University. He is a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and an associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society.
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David N. Fields
Executive Vice President
Sanjay Godhwani
Sanjay Godhwani
Head of North America
Office : 617.936.2904
Mobile : 857.205.7093
Sanjay Godhwani is Head of North America at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Sanjay has been in the insurance industry for over 25 years. Prior to joining BHSI, he was President of AIG Latin America and Caribbean and Property Product Line Leader, AIG Property Casualty in the U.S. and Canada. Sanjay holds a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and is a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.
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Sanjay Godhwani
Head of North America
Kim Briones
Kim Briones
Global Human Resources
Office: 617.936.2907
Mobile: 857.205.7381
Kim Briones is Global Human Resources at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Kim has been in the human resources field in the financial services industry since 1989. Prior to joining BHSI, she has held a number of senior positions leading and managing global human resource teams. Kim holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
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Kim Briones
Global Human Resources
Hilary Browne
Hilary Browne
Global Chief Underwriting Officer
Office : +353.1.246.7245
Mobile : +447.40.176.4175
Hilary Browne is Global Chief Underwriting Officer at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Prior to joining BHSI, Hilary spent the last 18 years at AIG in various roles in both Dublin and London. Most recently she was the Head of International Casualty based out of London, where she was responsible for AIG’s Casualty business across their 7 regions outside of the US (UK, EUROPE, MEA, APAC, China, Japan and LATAM). Prior to that, Hilary was responsible for Casualty in UK and Europe.
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Hilary Browne
Global Chief Underwriting Officer
David P. Crowe
David P. Crowe
Chief Claims Officer
Office: 617.936.2906
Mobile: 857.205.7351
David Crowe is Chief Claims Officer at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. David builds out our dedicated in-house claims team and fostering integration of claims and underwriting. David has been in the industry for over 25 years, and previously was Global Head of Commercial Property Claims and Head of Claims for Lexington among other claims leadership roles while at AIG for nearly 20 years. Prior to joining the AIG companies, David handled both commercial and personal lines property and casualty claims. David holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Washington & Jefferson College and a Juris Doctorate from New York Law School.
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David P. Crowe
Chief Claims Officer
Susan Gildea
Susan Gildea
Global Chief Actuary
Office: 617.902.7155
Mobile: 617.510.7201
Susan Gildea is Global Chief Actuary of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, responsible for the global actuarial organization. Susan has been in the insurance industry since 1990 and prior to joining BHSI held leadership positions at Hanover Insurance Group and Liberty Mutual Group. Susan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Framingham State College and is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society, a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and holds the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation.
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Susan Gildea
Global Chief Actuary
Akshay Gupta
Akshay Gupta
Head of Property Parametric Solutions
Head of Catastrophe Engineering and Analytics
Office: 415.659.5549
Mobile: 650.823.3043
Akshay Gupta is Head of Property Parametric Solutions and Head of Catastrophe Engineering and Analytics at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Akshay has more than 25 years of experience in structuring parametric solutions, and catastrophe risk engineering, mitigation, and modeling. His background includes engineering-based site-specific risk evaluations for complex industrial and commercial facilities and operations, catastrophe model research and development, supply chain risk modeling, disaster risk financing and mitigation parametric projects for corporations and sovereign states, and product and business development. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, India and earned a master’s degree and Ph.D. in Earthquake Engineering from Stanford University in California.
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Akshay Gupta
Head of Property Parametric Solutions
Head of Catastrophe Engineering and Analytics
Head of Catastrophe Engineering and Analytics
Ralph Tortorella III
Ralph Tortorella III
Global Legal, Compliance, Risk & Governance Officer/Director
Office: 617.936.2926
Mobile: 857.206.3070
Ralph Tortorella III is Global Legal, Compliance, Risk & Governance Officer/Director of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Ralph has been an attorney for over 30 years, previously serving as the General Counsel of Liberty Mutual Group’s Global Specialty, Commercial Insurance, and International operations. Ralph began his career as an associate and then partner in the Silicon Valley based law firm Ropers, Majeski, Kohn and Bentley, where he later founded that firm’s New York City office. Ralph holds a bachelor’s degree from Union College and Juris Doctorate from Santa Clara University School of Law.
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Ralph Tortorella III
Global Legal, Compliance, Risk & Governance Officer/Director
Marc Wood
Marc Wood
Chief Information Officer
Office : 617.960.3761
Mobile : 603.498.9725
Marc Wood is Chief Information Officer of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Marc started his career as a software engineer at Keane, Inc. He spent five years at John Hancock in various engineering and technology leadership roles. Most recently, he spent twenty-two years at Liberty Mutual in several leadership roles, including Chief Information Office for State Auto, Chief Information Officer for US Retail Markets, and Chief Information Officer for Global Risk Solutions North America, Global Surety, and Innovation. Marc holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Ithaca College.
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Marc Wood
Chief Information Officer
Andre Basile
Andre Basile
Global Chief Underwriting Officer, Executive and Professional Lines
Office : 617.936.2973
Mobile : 617.794.6419
Andre Basile is Global Chief Underwriting Officer, Executive and Professional Lines, of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Prior to joining BHSI in 2014, he was at AIG for 21 years in New York, Boston, and London where his most recent role was a Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of AIG Financial Lines Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Andre holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science from the University at Albany and is a Summa Cum Laude graduate from the F.W. Olin School of Business at Babson College with a Masters in Business Administration.
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Andre Basile
Global Chief Underwriting Officer,
Executive and Professional Lines
Executive and Professional Lines
Alex Kogan
Alex Kogan
Global Chief Underwriting Officer, Accident & Health
Office : 857.317.5497
Mobile : 617.784.2551
Alex Kogan is Global Chief Underwriting Officer, Accident & Health, of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Alex is responsible for underwriting support and oversight of BHSI’s Medical Stop Loss, and Leisure Travel businesses in the US, as well as Accident and Health product lines globally. Alex has over 20 years of actuarial, underwriting, and leadership experience in Accident, Medical, Disability and Life insurance product lines offered via multiple distribution channels in both the US and International (Canada, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Middle East) markets. Prior to BHSI, Alex has held actuarial and underwriting leadership positions at Chubb and AIG. Alex holds a Bachelor of Commerce (honors) degree from the University of Manitoba in Canada, majoring in Actuarial Mathematics. Alex is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.
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Alex Kogan
Global Chief Underwriting Officer,
Accident & Health
Accident & Health
Cathy Miller
Cathy Miller
Global Chief Underwriting Officer, Property & Marine
Office : 917.960.2406
Mobile : 646.510.2304
Cathy Miller is Global Chief Underwriting Officer for Property & Marine at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. She is responsible for Property, Energy, Builder’s Risk, Marine, Risk Control and Valuation. Since joining BHSI in 2013, she has held increasingly senior roles at the company, most recently SVP, Head of North American Property at BHSI. Cathy has been in the industry for over 25 years, and her experience spans multiple aspects of property insurance. She has held positions at Torus, XL, and FM Global. In 2023, she was named one of the Women to Watch by Business Insurance. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Caldwell University.
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Cathy Miller
Global Chief Underwriting Officer,
Property & Marine
Property & Marine