Berkshire's BHSI lands ERGO exec to boost financial lines in Germany

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has appointed Carsten Keune as new head of executive & Professional Lines in Germany.

Carsten has more than 20 years experience in the insurance industry, most recently as head of global commercial lines underwriting at ERGO. Prior to that, he was underwriting director Europe, Middle East and Africa at XL Catlin in Germany.

Carsten will be based in BHSI’s office in Cologne.

Andreas Krause, country manager, Germany, at BHSI, 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.”