W. R. Berkley Corporation has formed Berkley Healthcare, comprised of Berkley Healthcare Professional Underwriters and Berkley Healthcare Financial Lines, to provide products and services to all types of healthcare providers.

The company said in a statement that 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 percent of U.S. gross domestic product.

Gregg A. Piltch was 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 in underwriting, operations, and risk management. Most recently, he served as head of global casualty technical underwriting for another global commercial lines insurer.

Mr. Piltch earned a B.B.A. 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.”