Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI), the insurance arm of Warren Buffett’s global re/insurance company has named Kiran Prakash as the Head of First Party Lines, overseeing energy, construction, and general property in Asia, and promoted Jessie Yuen to Head of Energy, Asia.

Yuen succeeds Min Ong, who has relocated to London to serve as the Underwriting Manager of Energy Property at BHSI. Jess Au continues in her role as Head of General Property in Asia.

Prakash is a mechanical engineer by training, he has nearly two decades of industry experience.

Since 2015, he has served as the Vice President, Regional Head of Engineering and Builders Risk, Asia, BHSI. He will continue to hold this role alongside his new responsibilities.

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

Marc Breuil, Head of Asia and the Middle East, BHSI, commented on the appointments: “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.”

Breuil continued: “Our success is a credit to their excellent work bringing the ‘BHSI story’ to the marketplace and building strong relationships.”

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