BHSI PROMOTES HILARY BROWNE, CAMERON HOLMES TO GLOBAL UNDERWRITING LEADERSHIP POSTS

Hilary Browne, Deputy Global Chief Underwriting Officer. (Photo: Business Wire)

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 (Bernama) -- Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced two leadership promotions with Hilary Browne being promoted to the role of Deputy Global Chief Underwriting Officer, and Cameron Holmes is now Global Underwriting Officer, Property for Energy and Construction.

Browne joined BHSI in 2019 as Country Manager, Ireland, and Head of Casualty for Europe, and most recently served as Global Chief Underwriting Officer, Casualty and Healthcare, and Deputy Head of Europe.

As she assumes her new role, her Europe region responsibilities will transition to Alessandro Cerase, newly named Head of BHSI Europe Region, while she retains responsibility for global casualty and healthcare underwriting.

In her new role, Browne will provide executive oversight for BHSI’s global A&H underwriting, multinational underwriting and support, and underwriting affairs.

According to a statement, she will continue to be based in Dublin and will report to BHSI Global Chief Underwriting Officer, David Fields.

“With the growth of BHSI’s global underwriting portfolio, the time is right to strengthen our global underwriting leadership, and Hilary’s contributions at BHSI and in the industry make her ideal for this role,” said Fields.

Meanwhile, Holmes who has been Head of Property Technical Lines at BHSI in Australia since 2018, joined BHSI in 2015 as Property Energy and Construction Manager and has more than 20 years of experience in engineering and technical lines property insurance.

As he assumes his new role, he will continue to be based in Sydney and will report to BHSI Global Chief Underwriting Officer, Property and Marine, Dean LaPierre.

BHSI provides commercial property, casualty, healthcare professional liability, executive and professional lines, transactional liability, surety, marine, travel, programmes, accident and health, medical stop loss, homeowners and multinational insurance.

-- BERNAMA