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Liberty Mutual Continues Fight with AIG As Other Insurers Settle

Jan 10 2011 // American International Group has negotiated a $450 million settlement with seven of its competitors in the protracted litigation over its questionable reporting of workers’ compensation premiums.But the long-running...

Liberty Mutual Paying $7.5M to Settle Bid-Rigging Charges

Dec 30 2010 // Boston-based insurer Liberty Mutual will pay a combined $7.5 million to New York and Connecticut to settle allegations that it steered insurance contracts by paying kickbacks large insurance brokers.In settling the suits,...

Donkin Appointed Golden Eagle Insurance President and CEO

Nov 16 2010 // Golden Eagle Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. regional company, has appointed Spencer J. Donkin president and CEO. Donkin joins Golden Eagle Insurance from Liberty Mutual Agency Corpo.’s Regional Companies...

Business Moves

Nov 14 2010 // AIM, Quincy MutualA.I.M. Mutual Insurance Cos. and Quincy Mutual Group will join forces to create the Commercial Solutions Underwriting Alliance, a business arrangement designed to meet the commercial lines product needs...

Business Moves

Nov 14 2010 // Ohio Mutual, Casco IndemnityOhio Mutual Insurance Group (OMIG) agreed to acquire N.E. Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Casco Indemnity Co., a property and casualty insurer located in Saco, Maine. The transaction is...

Liberty Mutual to Establish Joint P/C Venture with India’s Videocon

Nov 4 2010 // Liberty Mutual Group announced that it has concluded a partnership with “Videocon Industries Ltd., the flagship company of $5 Billion Videocon Group, with diversified interest in Consumer Electronics, Household...

Liberty Mutual Introduces Monoline Equipment Breakdown Product

Nov 2 2010 // Liberty Mutual expands its equipment breakdown (EB) offering with the launch of PowerPro Select, an expansive monoline product for companies that prefer separate EB coverage. With the addition of PowerPro Select, Liberty...

People

Nov 1 2010 // Juan Andrade stepped down as Commercial Markets president at The Hartford to join Ace as president of the insurers’ Global Personal Lines and Small Commercial Insurance division. He will assume the new position with...

Safeco Insurance Expands in Missouri

Oct 28 2010 // Safeco Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has opened its new office in Fenton, Mo. Liberty Mutual also plans to hire 100 additional employees in St. Louis County over the next two years. With a seven-year lease...

Liberty Mutual Enhances Commercial Umbrella Policy

Oct 25 2010 // Enhanced coverages, the need for fewer endorsements, and language that is easier to understand are some of the key ingredients of the new umbrella liability policy now available through Liberty Mutual’s Commercial...

Liberty Mutual Breaks Ground on $300M Building in Boston

Oct 19 2010 // Liberty Mutual Group Chairman and CEO Edmund F. Kelly was joined yesterday by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, other state and city elected officials, neighborhood representatives and...

People

Oct 18 2010 // The Hartford appointed Lisa Morgan senior vice president of its middle market commercial insurance business. She will lead The Hartford’s $2 billion middle market commercial insurance unit that provides the...

Safeco Recognizes Majhanovich With Excellence Award

Oct 13 2010 // Safeco Insurance Co. has recognized Kerry Majhanovich with its Award of Excellence. Majhanovich is a principal with Tegeler & Associates in Wyoming. Safeco’s Award of Excellence celebrates those individuals with...

Safeco Recognizes Kirsch With Award of Excellence

Oct 12 2010 // Safeco Insurance Co. has recognized Diane Kirsch with its Award of Excellence. Kirsch is a personal lines department manager with ISU Insurance Services of San Francisco. Safeco’s Award of Excellence celebrates those...

Safeco Names Alexander Regional General Manager in California

Oct 1 2010 // Safeco Insurance has appointed Chris Alexander to regional general manager for its California region personal lines operation. Alexander will be based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., and comes to this position from New York, where...

Liberty Mutual Postpones IPO for Agency Markets Unit

Sep 29 2010 // Liberty Mutual said it is postponing plans for an initial public offering (IPO) of stock for its agency division, Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. The move comes just weeks after the Boston-based insurer filed paperwork for the...

Liberty Mutual Blames Market for IPO Delay; Analysts Cite High Valuation

Sep 29 2010 // Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. postponed indefinitely its planned initial public offering, quashing hopes that the planned $1.2 billion flotation could give a needed jolt to the U.S. IPO market.The property and casualty...

Liberty Mutual Adds Commercial Lines Service Centers for Agents

Sep 27 2010 // Liberty Mutual Agency Markets said that its agents can now use one of two commercial lines service centers to help with a range of services for policyholders.The centers – located in Ohio and Washington — will...

Liberty Mutual Plans $1.2B IPO for Agency Division

Sep 15 2010 // Liberty Mutual has filed paperwork with securities regulators detailing its plan to sell over 64 million shares of stock of its Agency Corp. division as part of an initial public stock offering (IPO) that could bring in up...

Liberty Mutual Receives Approval to Begin Zhejiang Branch Operations

Aug 24 2010 // Liberty Mutual Group, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Liberty Insurance Company Limited (LICL), has been granted approval to begin branch operations in Zhejiang by the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC)....