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This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) and Hamilton Insurance Group.

A summary of these new hires follows here.

BHSI Names QBE’s Masciovecchio as Country Manager, Switzerland

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that it has named Franco Masciovecchio as country manager for Switzerland.

Over more than three decades in the insurance industry, Masciovecchio has held numerous senior-level positions. He was most recently head of Property & Construction, Europe, at QBE Europe. He held various roles at QBE since January 2014, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Masciovecchio is based in Zurich and can be reached at franco.masciovecchio@bhspecialty.com.

“We are pleased to continue to expand our leadership team in the DACH region. Franco’s decades of underwriting experience will be instrumental as we continue to expand, bringing our technical acumen, financial strength and ‘CLAIMS IS OUR PRODUCT’ philosophy to Switzerland and beyond,” said Andreas Krause, head of DACH, BHSI.

BHSI in Switzerland, currently offers property, casualty, product liability, executive and professional lines and cyber insurance as well as multinational solutions, with a focus on commercial and industrial risks in the corporate and upper middle market segments.

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Hamilton Insurance Group Appoints Buckley as Group Chief Risk Officer

Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty re/insurer, announced the appointment of Russ Buckley as group chief risk officer.

Buckley will join the company’s Executive Management team, reporting to Pina Albo, chief executive officer, with the official start date in the coming weeks to be confirmed.

In his new role, Buckley will oversee Hamilton’s risk and actuarial function. He will succeed current Group Chief Risk Officer Alex Baker who, as the company recently announced, has been appointed chief executive officer, Hamilton Global Specialty, effective September 1, 2025, subject to regulatory approval.

Buckley has over 30 years of insurance industry experience across global public re/insurance companies. He joins Hamilton from Old Republic Specialty Insurance Underwriters Inc., where he served as senior vice president and chief actuarial officer since 2020.

Prior to that, Buckley was chief actuary in the Global Specialty division at The Hartford. Additionally, Buckley has held leadership positions with AIG, XL, and Munich Reinsurance Group. He is a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society.