Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance has expanded its Australian technical lines team, led by Cameron Holmes.

“With our most recent hires of Alex Hind and Fraser Logan, we have added expertise and focused leadership in the mining, energy and power markets,” Mr Holmes said.

Mr Hind has been appointed Mining and Energy Manager after moving from HDI, while Mr Logan, previously a risk engineer at Chubb, has joined as Senior Underwriter for Power and Utilities.

The technical lines team also includes Manager for Construction Rob McNab, Senior Underwriter for Construction Steve Najdovski, Senior Underwriter for Mining Ari Bitzilis and Underwriter for Property Technical Lines Widya Hasan.

Mr Holmes says technical lines is supported by a risk engineering team including Manager Patrick Whyte and Senior Risk Engineer Mike Arundel.