Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Announces Property Leadership Promotions

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BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 24, 2026--

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced three promotions within its property leadership team, naming Ryan Abelli and Chris Lemoine as Co-Heads of Wholesale General Property and JP Ahlgren as Senior Vice President, Property.

“Ryan, Chris and JP have been instrumental in building our strong wholesale general property business and our industry-leading team from the ground up. I look forward to working with them as we continue to deepen our distribution partner relationships and drive continued growth across key property segments nationwide,” said Greg Freeman, SVP, Head of Property, BHSI.

Ryan and Chris succeed Chris Dalby, who is retiring after more than a decade with the company. “Chris has been a foundational leader, building our property business and team from day one. I am grateful for his exemplary leadership and his lasting impact on our business and wish him all the best in his new chapter,” Greg said.

Ryan Abelli joined BHSI in 2013 and has 18 years of property underwriting experience. He was most recently Senior Vice President, Wholesale Property. Ryan is based in Boston and can be reached at [email protected].

Chris Lemoine joined BHSI in 2013 and has 19 years of property underwriting experience. He was most recently Senior Vice President, Wholesale Property. Chris is based in Boston and can be reached at [email protected].

JP Ahlgren joined BHSI in 2014 and has 18 years of property underwriting experience. In his expanded role, he will oversee day-to-day field underwriting operations and will report to Ryan. JP is based in Boston and can be reached at [email protected].

In the U.S., BHSI’s wholesale property team delivers capacity and underwriting expertise for CAT-driven shared and layered programs for large and middle market domestic or multinational customers across a range of industries, including manufacturing, real estate, healthcare, hospitality, and public entity risks.

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, employer 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, Columbia, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Irvine, Los Angeles, New York, Plymouth Meeting, San Francisco, San Ramon, Seattle, Stevens Point, Adelaide, Auckland, Barcelona, Brisbane, Brussels, Calgary, 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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