Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has appointed Dr Carsten Keune as the new head of executive & professional lines in Germany.

Dr Keune holds a law degree from Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn and has over 20 years of industry experience, most recently as the head of global commercial lines underwriting at ERGO. He also served as the underwriting director for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa at XL Catlin in Germany.

Commenting on the appointment, Germany BHSI country manager Andreas Krause said: “Carsten comes to BHSI with decades of experience in the global insurance industry. Under his leadership, we look forward to expanding our executive & professional lines portfolio and our team and bringing more customers across Germany BHSI's broad range of financial lines solutions, backed by our financial strength and excellent service.”