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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company Introduces Civil Liability Insurance for Financial Institutions in Australia and New Zealand
[October 27, 2016]

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company Introduces Civil Liability Insurance for Financial Institutions in Australia and New Zealand


Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) today announced that it has launched Professional First Financial Institutions Civil Liability Insurance in Australia and New Zealand.

"Many forces have shifted the risk landscape for financial institutions, from the lessons learned from the complex litigation of the global financial crisis, to the rise of new disruptive technologies and novel ways of conducting business," said Vincent Barker, Manager, Financial Institutions, BHSI, Australia. "We're pleased to offer a market-leading civil liability policy wording that keeps pace with these changes and provides clarity of coverage and flexibility for financial institutions."

BHSI's new policy expressly addresses the broad range of claims financial institutions can face as they provide diverse services to many different parties. It uses an expansive 'professional services' trigger not linked to a client, fee or specified service. The policy also covers bail bond costs, deprivation of assets expenses, court attendance and prosecution costs, providing peace of mind to insured professionals.

BHSI's new Civil Liability policy also includes pre-investigation loss coverage. Contractual liability and mandatory contractual terms coverage is provided as well.

BHSI has a broad appetite for mid-size and arge financial institutions of all types-from insurance companies and banks, to financial administrators, financial technology providers, and M&A/corporate advisory firms.



"Our new Civil Liability policy wording for financial institutions provides certainty for the often complex risks of the financial institutions space," said Karen Poching, Senior Underwriter, Executive and Professional Lines, BHSI, New Zealand. "We are pleased to add this essential coverage to our growing suite of policies for financial institutions."

For more information contact Vincent Barker in Sydney at 02 8002 2126 or [email protected] or Karen Poching in Auckland at 09 301 3915 or [email protected].


Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (www.bhspecialty.com) provides commercial property, casualty, healthcare professional liability, executive and professional lines, marine, surety, travel, programs, medical stop loss, and homeowners insurance. The actual and final terms of coverage for all product lines may vary.

In Australia and New Zealand, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance underwrites on the paper of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (Australia ABN 84 600 643 034, AFS Licence No. 466713), with financial strength ratings of A++ from AM Best and AA+ from Standard & Poor's. Based in Boston, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance has offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Irvine, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, San Ramon, Seattle, Stevens Point, Auckland, Brisbane, Düsseldorf, Hong Kong, Macau, Melbourne, Singapore, Sydney and Toronto. For more information, contact [email protected].


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