Berkshire promotes Browne to deputy chief underwriter

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. on Thursday named Hilary Browne to the newly created role of deputy global chief underwriting officer.

Dublin-based Ms. Browne was previously global chief underwriting officer, casualty and health care and deputy head of Europe at the specialty insurer. She joined the company in 2019 from American International Group Inc.

Her European responsibilities will transition to Alessandro Cerase, who was recently named head of Europe, and she will remain responsible for global casualty and health care underwriting, a Berkshire Hathaway statement said.

In her new role, Ms. Browne will also be responsible for the insurer’s global accident and health underwriting, multinational underwriting and support, and underwriting affairs, the statement said.

In addition, Sydney-based Cameron Holmes was named global underwriting officer, property for energy and construction at the insurer. Previously, he was head of property technical lines in Australia.