BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance today announced that Andy Barberis has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Claims. Andy will be working with the BHSI claims leadership team across the globe on the most catastrophic and complex casualty and healthcare claims.

“With BHSI’s steady expansion around the globe, we are pleased to expand the depth of the leadership team delivering our on fundamental commitment – Claims Is Our Product – worldwide,” said Dave Crowe, Chief Global Claims Officer, BHSI. “Andy is a well-known and well-respected industry veteran and his exceptional technical expertise will be of great benefit to our customers.”

Andy comes to BHSI with 35 years of commercial claims experience, including the last 23 at AIG where he held the position of Global Claim Officer. He holds a law degree from St. John’s University School of Law.

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (www.bhspecialty.com) provides commercial property, casualty, healthcare professional liability, executive and professional lines, transactional liability, surety, marine, travel, programs, accident and health, medical stop loss, homeowners, and multinational insurance. The actual and final terms of coverage for all product lines may vary. It underwrites on the paper of Berkshire Hathaway's National Indemnity group of insurance companies, which hold 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, Indianapolis, Irvine, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, San Ramon, Seattle, Stevens Point, Adelaide, Auckland, Brisbane, Cologne, Dubai, Dublin, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, London, Macau, Madrid, Manchester, Melbourne, Munich, Paris, Perth, Singapore, Sydney and Toronto.