All the headlines from our Liberty Mutual Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 15 2005 // “The best way for a consumer to buy insurance is to use the services of an independent agent, but to be successful that agent has to be smart, efficient and well-informed,” Mike LaRocco, Safeco Insurance...
Apr 14 2005 // The Netherlands ING Group announced that it has closed its transaction to sell ING Chile’s property & casualty insurance operation, ING Seguros Generales, to Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group. The sale was...
Apr 14 2005 // Last year’s top agencies, the “rookie of the year” and the “recruiter of the year” were honored by the Strategic Independent Agents Alliance on April 14 during SIAA’s 19th semi-annual...
Apr 13 2005 // Seattle-based Safeco named Jeffrey Roe as the company’s new president of Distribution, Sales and Marketing, effective April 18, 2005.Roe, who joins Safeco from health-care insurer Premera Blue Cross, will be...
Apr 11 2005 // Representatives of more than 150 Strategic Independent Agents Alliance’s Master Agency, Strategic Partner Companies and vendors will attend the April 13-15 semi-annual business meeting at the Marriott World Center in...
Mar 31 2005 // The National Safety Council will present its 2005 Green Cross for Safety Medallion to Liberty Mutual Group and its Chairman, President and CEO Edmund F. (Ted) Kelly at this evening.Established in 1999, The Green Cross for...
Mar 22 2005 // The Netherlands’ ING Group announced that it has signed an agreement to sell ING Chile’s property & casualty insurance operation, ING Seguros Generales, to the Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group.Financial...
Mar 21 2005 // Workplace injuries don’t make headlines despite the fact they cost about $1 billion a week in wage and medical payments alone. The true total annual cost of on-the-job injuries is $146.6 billion, or $1,060 per...
Mar 11 2005 // Liberty Mutual has announced a $40 million project to add 1,750 jobs as it expands its operation in the city.The Boston-based international insurance company, announced during a planning board meeting this week it plans to...
Mar 3 2005 // Liberty Mutual has now received regulator approval to set up captives in the United States through its Vermont-based Liberty Mutual Management LLC office.Liberty Sponsored Insurance (Vermont) Inc. will serve as a...
Mar 2 2005 // Liberty Mutual Group reported net income of $565 million and $1.245 billion for the three and 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2004, respectively, representing a $130 million and $394 million increase over the same periods in...
Feb 18 2005 // Seattle-based Safeco’s board of directors has appointed former Washington State Governor Gary Locke as director, effective immediately. Gov. Locke will be included with the class of directors standing for election at...
Feb 7 2005 // The Southeast Asia tsunami disaster has affected the lives and hearts of people throughout the world. What can only be described as one the worst natural disasters in history has led to an estimated death toll of 226,000,...
Feb 4 2005 // Liberty Mutual Captive Services opened its second on-shore office in the past four months on January 20 when it gained approval to establish Liberty Mutual Management (Vermont) LLC in South Burlington.The principal...
Feb 2 2005 // Seattle-based Safeco declared a regular dividend of 22 cents per share on its common stock. The dividend is payable April 25, 2005 to shareholders of record on April 8, 2005.
Jan 24 2005 // Roland Milton “Milt” Trafton, former chief executive of Seattle-based Safeco Corp. and a leading local arts benefactor, mountain climber, Arabian horse enthusiast and corporate art collector, is dead at...
Jan 17 2005 // Liberty Mutual has asked the Florida Department of Insurance Regulation to approve a 22.3 percent rate increase. If approved, the increase would take effect March 14 for new customers and May 4 for renewals. Liberty Mutual...
Dec 20 2004 // The American Agents Alliance Board of Governors announced the selection of Ken Nigohosian as the association’s new executive director. He has worked for Safeco Insurance for 25 years. He began his career as...
Dec 7 2004 // More than 120 firms participated in the Big “I” exhibitDuring my term we have made numerous advances, I couldn’t have done any of them without the help of the Executive Committee and dedicated...
Nov 29 2004 // The American Agents Alliance Board of Governors announced the selection of Ken Nigohosian as the association’s new executive director. Nigohosian was chosen from among a pool of the insurance industry’s best...