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Berkshire Hathaway appoints Asia execs

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance has announced two appointments to its Asian underwriting team.

Malin Fredriksson becomes Regional Head of First Party Lines, while Kiran Prakash takes the role of Regional Head of Engineering and Construction.

Both positions are based in Singapore.

Ms Fredriksson was most recently at RSA in the roles of underwriting and reinsurance director for Asia and chief underwriting officer specialty for Asia.

Mr Prakash was most recently senior construction, machinery breakdown and power/utilities underwriter in Asia for Swiss Re.