Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Appoints Austin Elkin Senior Care Leader, Healthcare Professional Liability, U.S.

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced that it has promoted Austin Elkin to Senior Care Leader, Healthcare Professional Liability in the U.S. Austin takes over the role from Mary Nolan, who is currently overseeing the launch of BHSI’s new Senior Care Primary Auto offering, but will retire in September following a distinguished 30-year career.

“Austin has played a key role in establishing and expanding our healthcare and senior care portfolio, while simultaneously building our loyal customer base. We are excited to elevate him to a leadership role on our growing team,” said Leo Carroll, Head of U.S. Healthcare, BHSI. “Many thanks to Mary for her numerous contributions to BHSI and to the healthcare industry. Mary has certainly left her mark, and we wish her all the best in her well-deserved retirement.”

Austin joined BHSI in 2013 as Senior Underwriter, Healthcare Professional Liability. Austin previously served as a large account Underwriter on the Healthcare team at Zurich Insurance Group. Austin will continue to be based in BHSI’s office in Atlanta and can be reached at +1.770.625.2513 or [email protected]

BHSI provides flexible professional liability solutions, including business crisis coverage, to a wide range of healthcare institutions, including both senior care and managed care operations around the globe. Coverage is backed by 24/7 risk management support, BHSI’s deep healthcare claims expertise and stellar financial strength.

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (www.bhspecialty.com) provides commercial property, casualty, healthcare professional liability, executive and professional lines, surety, travel, programs, accident and health, medical stop loss, and homeowners 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, Melbourne, Munich, Paris, Perth, Singapore, Sydney and Toronto.

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