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Agency Marketing Must Move Online and Beyond Yellow Pages

Aug 16 2010 // Insurance agents could be more effective with their marketing efforts by incorporating online tools into their advertising strategy. After all, online resources often are free — and they’re a good way to build...

Agency Marketing Must Move Online and Beyond

Aug 16 2010 // Insurance agents could be more effective with their marketing efforts by incorporating online tools into their advertising strategy. After all, online resources often are free – and they’re a good way to build...

Liberty Mutual Profit Falls in Q2

Aug 6 2010 // Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group reported net income of $220 million for the second quarter of 2010, a decrease of $48 million or 17.9 percent from the same period in 2009.Including the impact of catastrophes, the...

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Aug 2 2010 // Stephen M. Franz was named senior vice president of Dallas-based managing general agency and wholesale broker Capstone Underwriters LLC. Franz has been with Capstone since 2004. Prior to Capstone, he held positions at all...

Liberty Mutual Creates New Distribution, Service Unit

Jul 19 2010 // Liberty Mutual Group reorganized its commercial property, casualty and specialty lines insurance units as well as claims and loss control services for the insurer’s national accounts and mid-sized business clients....

Liberty Mutual Sues Goldman Sachs Over Fannie Mae Stock

Jul 12 2010 // Goldman Sachs Group Inc. was sued by Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. for fraudulently misleading it into buying preferred stock of mortgage financier Fannie Mae that would become “virtually worthless.”In a lawsuit...

Liberty Mutual Wins Dismissal of Workers’ Comp Claim for Injured Massachusetts Carpenter

Jul 5 2010 // Judge: Endorsement Must Be Requested by Insured Liberty Mutual was right to deny workers’ comp benefits for a self-employed carpenter who severely injured his hand, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled. The...

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Jul 5 2010 // Donald D. Larson has been named president and chief operating officer of the Great American Property and Casualty Group and Great American Insurance Co.Larson is the 16th president in Great American’s history. He...

Liberty Mutual Wins Dismissal of Claim for Injured Mass. Carpenter

Jun 25 2010 // Liberty Mutual was right to deny workers’ comp benefits for a self-employed carpenter who severely injured his hand, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled.The decision upholds an earlier ruling by an...

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Jun 21 2010 // David H. Long has been named president of Liberty Mutual Group. Long, who has been with Liberty Mutual for 25 years, is currently executive vice president, Liberty Mutual Group, and president of Liberty International. Long...

Best Affirms Liberty Mutual, Subs ‘A’ Ratings; Outlook Negative

Jun 14 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of Liberty Mutual Insurance Companies and Peerless Insurance Company Pool...

Long Named Liberty Mutual President

Jun 9 2010 // David H. Long, 49, has been named president of Liberty Mutual Group effective July 1. Long, who has been with Liberty Mutual for 25 years, is currently executive vice president, Liberty Mutual Group, and president of...

Business Moves

Jun 7 2010 // Liberty Mutual Agency Corp.Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group has announced that its subsidiary, Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. (LMAC) has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an...

Liberty Mutual Agency Markets Unit Files for Public Offering

May 11 2010 // Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group today announced that its subsidiary, Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. (LMAC), consisting of substantially all of the operations currently conducted by its Agency Markets strategic business...

Liberty Mutual Surety Introduces Liberty SuretyFirst

Apr 22 2010 // Liberty Mutual Surety has introduced Liberty SuretyFirst as its new operating unit exclusively serving independent agents whose customers have small to mid-sized bonding capacity needs.Liberty SuretyFirst provides the...

Liberty Mutual Offering Interactive Advertising on iPad

Apr 6 2010 // With the launch of Apple’s iPad, Liberty Mutual announced that through its partnership with Time magazine, it will provide iPad users with interactive advertisements.Paul Alexander, senior vice president,...

Liberty Mutual Refunding Massachusetts Motorcycle Premiums

Apr 1 2010 // Attorney General Martha Coakley says Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. has sent out over $3 million in motorcycle insurance refunds to roughly 9,000 Massachusetts residents the company allegedly overcharged for collision and...

Montgomery Insurance Looks to Grow Florida Commercial Lines Business

Mar 23 2010 // Montgomery Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Group regional operation, says it is implementing a commercial lines growth plan in Florida with its independent insurance agents.The Charlotte, North Carolina-based unit with...

Insurers Restricting Coastal Exposure

Mar 7 2010 // The coastal home insurance market continues to tighten. State Farm is only writing a new homeowners policy in Mississippi if another is dropped and Allstate has stopped writing mobile homes on the South Carolina coast....

Safeco to Offer Homeowners Insurance with Wind Coverage in Mississippi

Mar 3 2010 // State Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says Safeco Insurance plans to offer homeowners insurance, including wind coverage, in south Mississippi.Chaney says the company will offer 500 to 1,000 homeowner policies wind...