Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance confirmed as Bronze Sponsor for 2023

Written By Gareth Mutema

iCAN is excited to announce Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance as a Bronze sponsor for 2023.

This sponsorship is testament to BHSI’s commitment to driving change and supporting multicultural inclusion across the UK insurance industry and wider.

More About BSHI

BSHI provides commercial property, casualty, healthcare professional liability, executive and professional lines, transactional liability, surety, marine, travel, programs, medical stop loss, homeowners and multinational insurance.

They are part of Berkshire Hathaway’s National Indemnity group of insurance companies, consisting of National Indemnity and its affiliates, which hold financial strength ratings of A++ from AM Best and AA+ from Standard & Poor’s.

BHSI is a worldwide team of individuals with excellent capabilities and strong character. Together, they bring diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to BHSI. They come from over 280 different companies and organizational cultures. As BHSI embrace and are strengthened by individual differences, they take great pride in the culture and place created as one BHSI.

iCAN Sponsorship

BHSI’s sponsorship will support a wide range of iCAN’s ongoing and newly launched initiatives for 2023. The initiatives include our INspire self-serving mentoring platform and iCANConnect, a safe space for D&I leaders across the insurance industry, as well as our newly launched iCANApply Jobs Board which aims to give our members more access to opportunities within the insurance industry.

In addition to these three main initiatives, the sponsorship will support the continuation of the iCANVoice Podcast, Coffee with the CEO series, and a range of virtual and in-person events for the 3,500+ members based in the UK and internationally.

Vanessa Parsons, Head of HR UK and Ireland at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, said:

At Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, we are delighted to be partnering with iCAN in the UK.  Diversity, equity and inclusion continues to be a top priority for our company here in the UK and around the world.

We understand the value in diverse perspectives and are always looking to find more ways to empower and inspire a diverse workforce for the future.

Our teammates are keen to get involved and champion this from within, to continue to drive a people-first culture where individuals feel respected, psychologically safe, and comfortable expressing themselves, and to instil inclusive hiring from day one.

Gareth Mutema
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