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People – West

Feb 23 2015 // Property/casualty insurance media company Wells Media Group announced four C-suite and managerial staff promotions.Julie Tinney now serves as chief marketing officer, Josh Carlson has been promoted to chief technology...

Liberty Mutual Names Kayali West Division Underwriting Manager

Feb 4 2015 // Liberty Mutual’s national insurance property operation has named Melissa Kayali division underwriting manager in its West region. Based in Los Angeles, Calif. Kayali is responsible for expanding Liberty...

West Virginia Judge Dismisses Parts Suit Against Body Shop, Liberty Mutual

Jan 16 2015 // A Kanawha County, W. Va., judge has dismissed a lawsuit that accused a St. Albans body shop owner of illegally installing junkyard parts on new vehicles.Former Attorney General Darrell McGraw filed the lawsuit in 2011...

Zepnick Named Upper Midwest Region VP for Liberty Mutual Business Insurance

Dec 15 2014 // Timothy Zepnick has been appointed regional vice president for business insurance in Liberty Mutual Insurance’s upper Midwest region. Timothy Zepnick Zepnick will be based in Waukesha, Wis., and is responsible for...

Liberty Mutual Offers Cyber Cover for Small, Mid-Sized Businesses

Nov 30 2014 // Liberty Mutual Insurance has launched cyber coverages on its commercial package products and monoline general liability policies for small- to mid-sized businesses. The new Data Security endorsement provides four optional...

Liberty Mutual Profit, Revenue Up in Q3

Nov 13 2014 // Liberty Mutual Holding Co. concluded its 2014 third quarter with another jump in net income, higher revenues, a new reinsurance agreement and more than $1 billion in debt raised to help strengthen its balance...

Seattle, Boston Top Cities for Pedestrian Safety

Oct 9 2014 // Seattle, where a crowd of football fans celebrating a Super Bowl victory waited at a crosswalk for a signal change this year, is the safest U.S. city for pedestrians, according to a study by Liberty Mutual Holding Co.The...

Liberty Mutual Names Sellers As Southeast Manager for National Property

Sep 26 2014 // Liberty Mutual Insurance’s National Accounts Property operation has appointed C. Wesley Sellers as Southeast division manager. C. Wesley Sellers Sellers, who is based in Atlanta, has 25 years of experience in the...

Early Use of MRI for Lower Back Pain Found Unnecessary, Costly

Aug 20 2014 // Early use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to diagnose work-related lower back pain often leads to higher medical costs, unnecessary medical procedures and prolonged disability, according to new medical research.Claims...

Liberty Mutual Opens Equipment Breakdown Office in San Francisco, Adds Staff

Aug 12 2014 // Liberty Mutual has added senior underwriting and technical engineering resource staff to its equipment breakdown operations, as well as opened a San Francisco office so it can be closer to its partners.The new staff...

Teens Say Parents Ignore Pleas to Stop Texting, Driving Under Influence

Aug 7 2014 // U.S. parents often ignore warnings from their teenage children by driving while texting or under the influence of marijuana, according to a survey released today by Liberty Mutual Holding Co.Forty-two percent of teen...

Liberty Mutual Q2 Profit Dips 12.3%

Aug 5 2014 // Liberty Mutual Holding Co. Inc. and its subsidiaries reported net income of $393 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2014, down $55 million or 12.3 percent from the same period in 2013.Net written premiums grew just...

Liberty Mutual Launches Towing Program Through Trinity Transportation Services

Jul 23 2014 // Liberty Mutual Insurance, through its program administrator Trinity Transportation Services, LLC, is now offering coverage for towing companies.The Liberty Mutual Trinity Towing Program offers commercial auto, general...

S&P Raises Liberty Mutual’s Ratings; Outlook Revised to Stable on NICO Deal

Jul 21 2014 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has raised its ratings on Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. to ‘A/A-1’ from ‘A-/A-2’, as well as its ratings on parent company Liberty...

Washington Sheriff’s Deputy Charged With Insurance Fraud

Jul 18 2014 // Jeremy B. Jeske, 43, a Spokane County Sheriff’s deputy, has been charged with two counts of insurance fraud in connection with a case that was investigated by Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s...

Liberty Mutual Inks Reinsurance Deal with Berkshire’s National Indemnity

Jul 18 2014 // Liberty Mutual Insurance said it has reached a deal with National Indemnity Co. (NICO), a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., on a combined aggregate adverse development cover for substantially all of Liberty...

Liberty Mutual Expands Large, Global Property Risk Unit; Adds 5 Underwriters

Jul 10 2014 // Aiming for a bigger role in the market for large, complex global property risks, Liberty Mutual has expanded its National Accounts Property unit and added five underwriters.The unit provides ground-up, shared and layered,...

Senior Drivers Open to Discussion About Limiting Driving: Survey

Jun 24 2014 // There are currently more than 23 million licensed drivers aged 70 and older and as baby boomers soon begin turning 70, the number of seniors on the road will rise steadily over the next two decades.The majority of senior...

Liberty Mutual Adds Data Compromise Coverage to Insurance Agent E&O Program

Jun 18 2014 // Liberty Mutual Insurance has added data compromise coverage to its insurance agents errors & omissions (E &O) program. The endorsement carries an annual aggregate limit of $100,000 for response expenses and an...

Agents React to Walmart, Overstock in Insurance: ‘We Aren’t Dead or Dying, We are Evolving’

Jun 18 2014 // Recent announcements by giant retailers Walmart and Overstock.com that they entering the insurance sales game have elicited a healthy response from the insurance industry. Some agents have expressed concern and frustration...