W. R. Berkley Corporation Forms Berkley Healthcare
Names Gregg A. Piltch President
W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: WRB) today announced the formation of Berkley Healthcare, comprised of Berkley
Healthcare Professional Underwriters and Berkley Healthcare Financial Lines, to provide a broad array of products and services to
all types of healthcare providers. Berkley Healthcare Professional Underwriters provides customized, comprehensive professional
liability solutions, while Berkley Healthcare Financial Lines will offer a suite of coverages, including director’s and officer’s
liability, employment practices liability, errors and omissions and cyber liability. The healthcare sector currently represents 18%
of U.S. GDP and is vitally important to our economy. Berkley Healthcare, working alongside BerkleyMed, will bring additional
solutions to this growing and evolving industry.
Gregg A. Piltch has been appointed president of Berkley Healthcare. In this new role, Mr. Piltch will be responsible for
overseeing and coordinating additional and enhanced product offerings. The appointment is effective immediately.
Mr. Piltch has nearly 30 years of experience in the property casualty insurance industry, many of which were spent in senior
leadership positions. He has significant expertise in underwriting, operations and risk management. Most recently, he served as
head of global casualty technical underwriting for another leading global commercial lines insurer. Mr. Piltch earned a Bachelor of
Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and holds the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter
(CPCU) and Associate in Risk Management (ARM) designations.
W. Robert Berkley, Jr., president and chief executive officer of W. R. Berkley Corporation, said: “We are excited to have Gregg
join the organization to lead our team at Berkley Healthcare. With a strong foundation of professional liability products and
services and the introduction of financial lines, Berkley Healthcare, along with BerkleyMed, is in a unique position to deliver
comprehensive solutions tailored to specialized needs of businesses in the healthcare sector. We look forward to responding to the
changing needs of the healthcare community and working across Berkley to seamlessly bring new and enhanced products to market.”
Berkley Healthcare provides customized, comprehensive professional liability and financial lines insurance solutions for the
full spectrum of healthcare providers. For further information about Berkley Healthcare or BerkleyMed and their products and
services, please visit www.berkleyhpl.com, www.berkleyhfl.com and www.berkleymed.com. Both are operating units of Berkley Insurance Company.
Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding company that is among the largest commercial lines writers in
the United States and operates worldwide in two segments of the property casualty insurance business: Insurance and Reinsurance.
For further information about W. R. Berkley Corporation, please visit www.wrberkley.com.
W. R. Berkley Corporation
Karen A. Horvath, 203-629-3000
Vice President – External Financial Communications
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