QBE unit hires away four Berkshire Hathaway Specialty execs

QBE North America has hired away four more executives from Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co.

The QBE Insurance Group Ltd. unit said Monday it has named Danielle Librizzi as head of professional liability; Thomas Kocaj, head of management liability; Michael McGuiness, senior vice president, public directors & officers; and Adam Fleischner, senior vice president, financial institutions. All four are based in New York.

At Berkshire Hathaway Specialty, Ms. Librizzi was head of professional liability; Mr. Kocaj, senior vice president-financial institutions; Mr. McGuiness, vice president, executive & professional lines; and Mr. Fleischner, vice president, financial institutions.

QBE announced last month it had hired former Berkshire Hathaway Specialty underwriters Dan Fortin and Todd Greeley to lead its financial lines business.

All six executives had previously worked at CNA Financial Corp.

Separately, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Lines said Monday that Jill Salmon has been promoted to head of professional lines for the U.S.

The Berkshire Hathaway Inc. unit said that in her new role, Ms. Salmon will oversee the company’s lawyers, architects, engineers, miscellaneous errors and omissions, and cyber liability insurance portfolios.

Ms. Salmon, who is New York-based, joined Berkshire Hathaway in 2014 as vice president, head of cyber, technology and miscellaneous E&O.