Bresnahan said BHSI will be building a “multidisciplinary team of surety underwriting, claims and legal professionals” to serve construction customers and brokers for the long term.

Delisio comes to BHSI with 13 years of surety experience, most recently as senior vice president of surety at Zurich. A certified professional engineer, he spent a decade at a national geotechnical and civil engineering company.

Delisio will be based in BHSI’s Boston office.

“Our credit quality and willingness to take on significant contracting exposure will get us off to a fast start in the surety marketplace. Along with a strong balance sheet, we bring to the table the trust and integrity long associated with the Berkshire Hathaway brand, values that resonate positively with our customers and brokers,” Bresnahan said.

BHSI said the new contract surety capabilities complement its builder’s risk and construction casualty risk appetite, rounding out its offerings for the construction industry.

This is the latest in a series of new product offerings from BHSI, a division of Berkshire Hathaway’s National Indemnity group of insurance companies.

Last month BHSI announced its entry into the insurance business for travelers, travel agencies, tour operators and travel suppliers with a product called AirCare.

In March, the company introduced a healthcare umbrella policy for large medical providers.

Since January, it has announced new initiatives in builders risk, primary casualty construction, and directors and officers liability for large commercial and financial organizations.

This year BHSI also purchased the assets of MyAssist Inc., a live-agent personal concierge and telematics service provider, and Insure America LLC, a niche program administrator that provides insurance products to the travel industry.