Berkshire Names David Speights VP of Analytics for Comp Division

Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Cos. named David Speights vice president of analytics for its workers’ compensation division. Speights will work with Danny Engell, senior vice president and chief underwriting and data analytics officer, to lead the company's analytics strategy and operational teams. Before joining BHHC, Speights was the chief data scientist of Appriss Corporate — which includes Appriss Retail, Appriss Insights, Appriss Health and The Retail Equation — and chief data scientist with consulting business Equity Decision Systems LLC. Over the last...