Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has announced two key leadership promotions including the promotion of Cameron Holmes to Global Underwriting Officer, Property for Energy and Construction. Hilary Browne was also promoted to Deputy Global Chief Underwriting Officer.
Holmes becomes a member of the global underwriting leadership team and will also be responsible for growing their property and technical lines business in Australia. He 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. He will continue to be based in Sydney and will report to Dean LaPierre, BHSI’s Global Chief Underwriting Officer, Property and Marine.
“Cam has played a key role in growing our property and technical lines business in Australia,” said LaPierre. “As a member of our global underwriting leadership team, he will make a broader contribution to our business working with our regional underwriting teams as they provide customers and brokers worldwide with the stability of BHSI’s financially strong capacity, our long-term market commitment, and our underwriting expertise.”
Browne meanwhile, will provide executive oversight for BHSI’s global A&H underwriting, multinational underwriting and support, and underwriting affairs. She has nearly 25 years of global industry experience and joined BHSI in 2019 as Country Manager, Ireland, and Head of Casualty for Europe. In 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.
