About Arun Balakrishnan

Arun Balakrishnan has built his career around promoting innovation and transformation in the insurance business and has more than 12 years of experience launching start-ups in the industry. Balakrishnan’s insurance industry experience is rooted by a desire to revitalize processes, streamline operations and provide opportunities for growth. Prior to founding Xceedance, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Berkshire Hathaway Insurance in India . In this role, Balakrishnan established and executed the company’s market entry strategy by building a superior team skilled not only in insurance processes, but in technology and back office operations as well. Having initiated and nurtured business relationships with various insurance and reinsurance companies over the years, he has gained an intimate, on-the-ground understanding of the way insurance businesses are operated as underlined by in-depth knowledge of the various functional areas within such companies, as well as hands-on experience with business strategy and planning. Prior to Berkshire hathaway, Arun Balakrishnan founded and functioned as CEO for an insurance aggregation portal company which secured venture capital funding by one of the top internet companies in India. Originally, he started his career in the Merchant Marine as a deck officer on cargo ships and oil tankers. Balakrishnan graduated with a B.S. in Nautical Science from Mumbai University, and completed his MBA at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.