Back To News/PR Index | Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection Appoints Dean Sivley as President | Dean was most recently Chief Executive Officer of GroundLink, a tech-enabled executive car service. Before that, he was President of Travel Guard - Americas, one of the world’s largest travel insurance providers, and Chief eBusiness Officer of Travel Guard’s global operations. “A
proven leader who understands our business and the travel industry, Dean
is the perfect individual to build on the successful launch of our brand
and travel insurance product line,” said John Noel. “Dean appreciates our
organization’s culture and will bring an additional dynamic perspective
to expanding our business. I have had the pleasure of working with him
before, and look forward to working with him again.”
John, who has been a leader in the travel insurance industry for decades, was recently diagnosed with early stage Lewy Body Disease. He will transition to an advisory role at BHTP, while Dean oversees the company’s strategic growth and robust new product pipeline. Dean will report to Sanjay Godhwani, Executive Vice President of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Dean’s additional travel industry experience includes serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Orbitz for business and alliance marketing for Orbitz Worldwide; Chief Executive Officer of Atlas Travel Technologies; and Vice President of Marketing and Chief Information Officer, Rosenbluth International. He was also Chief Strategy Officer at Neon Systems and VerticalNet Inc. “We have been very fortunate to have John Noel lead our entry into the travel insurance business, and now to advise our growing operations. John and his family have the full support and best wishes of the entire BHSI organization,” said Sanjay Godhwani. “Dean further strengthens the outstanding team John has built, and we look forward to working with Dean to continue to grow our travel insurance and assistance businesses.” Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company purchased MyAssist and Insure America in January 2014, and created the Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection brand later that year. About
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