Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Makes Leadership Appointments in Asia

BOSTON & SINGAPORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced that it has named Kiran Prakash Head of First Party Lines, overseeing Energy, Construction and General Property in Asia, and promoted Jessie Yuen to Head of Energy, Asia. Jessie succeeds Min Ong who has relocated to London where she is Underwriting Manager, Energy Property, at BHSI. Jess Au continues in her role as Head of General Property in Asia.

“BHSI has seen strong profitable growth in Asia. Kiran, building and developing our Construction business, and Jessie, strategically positioning our Energy Property portfolio in the market, have been pivotal to our expansion,” said Marc Breuil, Head of Asia and the Middle East, BHSI. “Our success is a credit to their excellent work bringing the ‘BHSI story’ to the marketplace and building strong relationships.”

Kiran joined BHSI in 2015 as Vice President, Regional Head of Engineering and Builders Risk in Asia, and continues to hold this role as well. A mechanical engineer by training, he has nearly 20 years of insurance industry experience.

Jessie joined BHSI in 2019 as a Property Energy Underwriter and has more than 20 years of experience with first-party lines. In her new role, Jessie will oversee BHSI’s Property Energy business in Asia, providing solutions for power, mining, and oil & gas customers throughout the region.

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (incorporated in Nebraska, USA) provides commercial property, casualty, healthcare professional liability, executive and professional lines, transactional liability, surety, marine, travel, programs, accident and health, medical stop loss, homeowners, and multinational insurance. The actual and final terms of coverage for all product lines may vary. In the Asia Middle East region, it underwrites on the paper of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company, which holds financial strength ratings of A++ from AM Best and AA+ from Standard & Poor’s. Based in Boston, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance has offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Columbia, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Irvine, Los Angeles, New York, Plymouth Meeting, San Francisco, San Ramon, Seattle, Stevens Point, Adelaide, Auckland, Barcelona, Brisbane, Brussels, Cologne, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, London, Lyon, Macau, Madrid, Manchester, Melbourne, Milan, Munich, Paris, Perth, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, Toronto, and Zurich.

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