Latest Liberty Mutual Headlines

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Business Moves

Apr 23 2007 // The Hartford, Berkshire Hathaway, First StateThe Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced that its First State Management Group has formed a strategic relationship with certain members of the Berkshire Hathaway...

Nickerson Named SVP for Liberty Mutual Agency Markets

Apr 12 2007 // Matthew D. Nickerson has been appointed senior vice president, and manager, Personal Lines for Liberty Mutual Agency Markets, a business unit of Liberty Mutual Group that distributes products and services primarily through...

Safeco Rolls Out Package BOP

Apr 11 2007 // Seattle-based Safeco isoffering BOP Access, a new commercial insurance businessowner policy that is designed to disentangle the insurance buying process for small businesses — such as restaurants and light...

Judge rules Spitzer suit may continue; Liberty Mutual not giving up fight

Apr 9 2007 // News CurrentsLiberty Mutual has vowed to continue its court fight against charges begun by former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer that it engaged in anti-competitive bid-rigging and broker compensation practices...

Safeco To Host Webcast on Q1 Results May 1

Apr 5 2007 // Seattle-based Safeco will be hosting a live Internet broadcast on Tuesday, May 11 at 11 a.m. EST to discuss its first quarter financial results. To listen in on the conference, visit www.safeco.com/irwebcast at the...

Safeco Consolidates Nonprofit Social Service Product Line with NIF Group

Apr 2 2007 // Seattle-based Safeco said its insurance product line for nonprofit social service agencies will now be available to all independent agents through NIF Group Inc.“NIF Group has successfully represented Safeco’s...

Judge Rules Spitzer Suit May Continue; Liberty Mutual Not Giving Up Fight

Mar 30 2007 // Liberty Mutual has vowed to continue its court fight against charges begun by former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer that it engaged in anti-competitive bid-rigging and broker compensation practices after a judge...

Rinehart Appointed to Safeco Board of Directors

Mar 20 2007 // Seattle-based Safeco’s board of directors has appointed Charles Rinehart as director. Rinehart will stand for election at the company’s annual meeting of shareholders on May 2, 2007. Rinehart is the former...

Liberty Mutual Reports Record Earnings

Feb 27 2007 // Aided by lower than expected catastrophe losses and strong underwriting, Liberty Mutual Group reported net income of $455 million and $1.626 billion for the fourth quarter and 12 months ended December 31, 2006,...

It Figures

Feb 26 2007 // 1,600 The number of drivers Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says purchased car insurance from Liberty Mutual in response to a direct mail ad campaign she says was misleading. The ads promoted lower rates and...

Safeco to cut homeowners, commercial rates across California

Feb 26 2007 // Seattle-based Safeco announced it will be cutting rates for California homeowners in 2007 by an average of 20 percent. The move is expected to affect some 200,000 Safeco home and business customers in California, according...

News Currents

Feb 25 2007 // Safeco to cut homeowners, commercial rates across CaliforniaSeattle-based Safeco announced it will be cutting rates for California homeowners in 2007 by an average of 20 percent. The move is expected to affect some 200,000...

Safeco To Cut Homeowners, Commercial Rates

Feb 13 2007 // Seattle-based Safeco has announced it will be cutting rates for California homeowners in 2007 an average of 20 percent. The move is expected to affect some 200,000 Safeco home and business customers in California,...

Business Moves

Feb 11 2007 // Aon, Footman JamesChicago-based Aon Corp. completed the acquisition of Footman James from Alchemy Partners Ltd. based in Guernsey. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction will have no effect on...

Industry Facing Commoditization, Safeco CEO Says

Feb 9 2007 // Advertising and technology are generating an even greater focus on insurance pricing rather than insurance coverage, according to Paula Rosput Reynolds, president and CEO of Seattle-based Safeco Corp.Speaking at the annual...

Mass. Halts Insurer’s Auto Insurance Direct Mail Ads

Feb 8 2007 // Massachusetts officials ordered Liberty Mutual Group this week to halt a direct mail advertising campaign and pay back drivers who may have lost money from what the state attorney general called the company’s...

Safeco Reports Fourth Quarter Net Income of $216.4 million

Jan 30 2007 // Seattle-based Safeco hosted a conference call on its fourth quarter and year-end results today, noting it had fourth-quarter net income of $216,4 million, or $1.96 per diluted share. Net income for the same period the...

Safeco Fourth Quarter Conference Called Changed to 12 p.m EST

Jan 29 2007 // Seattle-based Safeco (NYSE:SAF) has updated the time of its fourth-quarter and year-end conference call to Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 12 p.m., Eastern Time. A live Webcast of the presentation will be available on Safeco’s...

Editor’s Note: Keeping score

Jan 28 2007 // Although 2006 is safely behind us, some sticky issues are on the horizon as we edge our way into 2007. Case in point is the pending Supreme Court cases of Safeco v. Burr and GEICO v. Edo. The cases are about notification...

Liberty Mutual Fellowship Backs Workplace Safety Research

Jan 26 2007 // The Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group recently donated $30,000 to the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Foundation in continuation of its commitment to occupational safety and health research through the support...