Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Makes Leadership Appointments in the DACH Region

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced a pair of leadership promotions, naming Lars Messutat to Head of General Property, DACH, and Juliane Klein-Walbeck to Head of Energy & Construction, DACH.

“BHSI’s strength in the DACH region rests not only on our strong balance sheet, underwriting acumen and CLAIMS IS OUR PRODUCT philosophy, but also on the excellence of our team,” said Andreas Krause, Head of DACH, BHSI. “Lars and Juliane exemplify this excellence. I look forward to working with them in their expanded roles to continue to grow our business and our customer and broker relationships.”

Lars joined BHSI in 2018 and was previously Head of Property, Corporate Customers. He has more than two decades of industry experience focused on property and spanning both the underwriting and brokerage sides of the business. He continues to be based in Munich and can be reached at Lars.Messutat@bhspecialty.com

Juliane, who was previously Head of Construction, joined BHSI in 2021. She comes to her expanded role with more than 20 years of industry experience. She continues to be based in Cologne and can be reached at Juliane.Klein-Walbeck@bhspecialty.com.

In Europe, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) trades under Berkshire Hathaway European Insurance DAC (BHEI) and Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance Limited (BHIIL). BHEI is an Irish domiciled Designated Activity Company, Registration Number 636883 and Registered Office at 2nd Floor, 7 Grand Canal Street Lower, Dublin D02 KW81. Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance Limited (BHIIL), is an incorporated England and Wales limited liability company, Registration Number 3230337 and Registered Office at 8 Fenchurch Place, 4th Floor, London EC3M 4AJ, United Kingdom. BHEI and BHIIL are affiliates of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSIC), a Nebraska USA domiciled corporation, which 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. BHSIC, BHIIL and BHEI are subsidiaries 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, Columbia, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Irvine, Los Angeles, New York, Plymouth Meeting, San Francisco, San Ramon, Seattle, Stevens Point, Adelaide, Auckland, Barcelona, Brisbane, Brussels, Cologne, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, London, Lyon, Macau, Madrid, Manchester, Melbourne, Milan, Munich, Paris, Perth, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, Toronto, and Zurich.

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