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Liberty Mutual Increases Per Risk Property Insurance Capacity to $800M

Jul 16 2018 // Liberty Mutual’s National Insurance Property unit has increased its per risk capacity to $800 million from $600 million to help property owners and their brokers better manage mid-size and large risks. According to...

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Jul 16 2018 // Worldwide Facilities has opened a new location in Morehead City, N.C., where Kasey Vaughn joined as senior vice president.Vaughn brings 17 years of experience in wholesale personal and commercial lines practice. She...

Rebranded Liberty Mutual Re Enters U.S. Marine Market, Launches in Italy

Jul 3 2018 // Liberty Specialty Markets has rebranded its reinsurance division as Liberty Mutual Re, begun writing marine business in the U.S. for the first time, and is opening for business in Italy.Scott Johnson, formerly with Munich...

Liberty Mutual Taps Kelly, Dolan for Key Posts

Jun 20 2018 // Liberty Mutual announced that Shaun E. Kelly has been named president of Distribution for Global Risk Solutions (GRS). In this role, Kelly will lead distribution and marketing of the unit’s diversified commercial and...

Liberty Mutual Appoints Waters to National Insurance Specialty Unit

Jun 14 2018 // Liberty Mutual, a Boston, Mass.-headquartered global insurer, has appointed Matt Waters to lead the areas of its National Insurance Specialty unit that provide a full range of primary and excess products to large and...

Big Independent Group Awards 2018 “Biggies” at Convention

May 11 2018 // Indian Wells, CA, May 11, 2018- The BIG Independent Group, a leading association of independent agent and brokers, was pleased to bestow its BIGGIE Awards for the 9th year in a row. The 2018 awards, distributed at the...

Top 10 Causes of Serious Workplace Injuries: Liberty Mutual Index

May 11 2018 // The U.S. workplace is getting safer but the cost of the most serious workplace injuries is rising, according to the findings of the most recent Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index.The number of the most serious workplace...

Liberty Mutual Launches New Umbrella, Contractor’s Equipment Policies

Apr 26 2018 // Liberty Mutual has introduced two new policy forms – umbrella and contractor’s equipment – designed to make it easier for brokers to meet a broader set of coverage needs for their customers.Liberty Mutual’s...

Safeco Appoints Pooley as VP, General Manager of Southeast Region

Apr 20 2018 // Safeco Insurance has appointed Debra Pooley as vice president and general manager of the Southeast Region.Pooley replaces Carl Canales who has been named vice president and general manager for the Northeast Region. She is...

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Apr 2 2018 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc., an East Providence, R.I.-headquartered independent insurance agency, has hired Joanmarie Berry as a financial insurance specialist. She is based in Milton, Mass.In her...

Liberty Mutual Insurance Appoints Anderson as Corporate Functions CIO in Boston

Mar 5 2018 // Liberty Mutual Insurance has appointed Shelia Anderson to the newly created role of corporate functions chief information officer (CIO), reporting to Liberty Mutual’s executive vice president and CIO, James...

Liberty Mutual Net Income Fell in 2017 Due to Catastrophes, Commercial Auto, Taxes

Feb 28 2018 // Liberty Mutual reported $17 million in net income for 2017, down substantially from more than $1 billion in 2016. The insurer pointed to catastrophe losses, adverse development in its commercial automobile business and a...

Safeco to Take Up Mapfre’s Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana Business

Feb 20 2018 // MAPFRE Insurance, which last year decided to exit five states and focus on 11, is turning over its personal lines business in three of the five states it is leaving to Safeco Insurance, a Liberty Mutual unit.MAPFRE has...

AIR Worldwide Names Liberty Mutual’s Grenier to Head Global Resilience Practice

Feb 5 2018 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) has appointed Dr. Roger Grenier as senior vice president of global resilience to lead AIR’s resilience initiatives across the globe.Grenier has 20 years of experience...

Satisfied Independent Agents Are Growth Engines for P/C Carriers: J.D. Power

Jan 26 2018 // Despite the growth of both technology-based and direct-to-customer sales channels in the property/casualty (P/C) insurance industry, independent agents still control the lion’s share of P/C premiums and represent a...

Liberty Mutual Sells Off Life Insurance Unit, Realigns U.S., Global P/C Business

Jan 23 2018 // Liberty Mutual is getting out of the life insurance business, and the insurer will reorganize in order to better focus on its remaining P/C businesses.The Boston-based global insurer said it will sell its life insurance...

Liberty Mutual Insurance Opens New Campus in North Texas

Nov 30 2017 // Liberty Mutual Insurance Chairman and CEO David H. Long officially opened the company’s one million square foot office complex in Plano, Texas, on Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Texas Governor...

Liberty Mutual to Back NIF Bowling Center Program

Nov 7 2017 // NIF Group has partnered with Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. as the exclusive carrier for its Bowling Center Program. The program targets bowling center risks as well as those offering some ancillary entertainment. Coverages...

Hurricanes Drive Q3 Loss for Liberty Mutual But ‘Fundamentals Remain Healthy’

Nov 3 2017 // Liberty Mutual Holding Co. Inc. reported a net loss of $665 million for the three nine months ended September 30, 2017, versus net income of $455 million for the same period in 2016.The net loss in the quarter was driven...

Liberty Mutual Insurance Tailors Policy for Tesla Electric Car Drivers in U.S.

Oct 16 2017 // Tesla Inc. is partnering with Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. to offer an auto-insurance plan designed specifically for its electric cars in the U.S.The plan made available to U.S. customers starting Friday is similar to what...