Latest Liberty Mutual Headlines
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Liberty Mutual Enhances Commercial Insurance Property Form
Aug 9 2017 // Liberty Mutual’s has launched a new proprietary Premier Property Protector all-risk policy to accommodate all of a broker’s single carrier and shared and layered property coverage needs. According to Mike...
Wal-Mart, Liberty Mutual Insurers Settle Over Tracy Morgan Crash
Aug 8 2017 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has settled a lawsuit by two insurers that sought to avoid covering its multimillion-dollar payout to comedian Tracy Morgan for injuries he suffered in a 2014 crash involving one of the...
Liberty Mutual Reports Q2 Results Including Ironshore Impact
Aug 4 2017 // Liberty Mutual Holding Co. Inc. reported net income $126 million for the three months ended June 30, 2017, an increase of $111 million over the same period in 2016 thanks to improved investment returns. The rise in net...
Carrier Poll Shows Many Agents Expect Minor Tech Disruption by 2020
Jul 24 2017 // A new poll conducted by a Seattle, Wash.-based carrier that asked independent insurance agents what’s ahead in 2020 showed that roughly half of agents expect technology disruption to have a minor impact on their...
Carrier Poll Shows Many Agents Expect Minor Tech Disruption by 2020
Jul 11 2017 // A new poll conducted by a Seattle, Wash.-based carrier that asked independent insurance agents what’s ahead in 2020 showed that roughly half of agents expect technology disruption to have a minor impact on their...
Mass. Court Says Arbitration Allowed in Underinsured Motorist Claim Suit
Jul 10 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that Arbella Mutual Insurance Co. did not engage in unfair settlement practices by demanding arbitration in a lawsuit involving an underinsured motorist claim. In the case, Heather...
Liberty Mutual Prevails in $3.6M ‘Guaranteed Cost’ Workers’ Comp Premium Case
Jul 5 2017 // Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. has won a case against a company that refused to pay $3.64 million in additional workers’ compensation premium after a payroll audit revealed it had more high risk employees than...
West Virginia City Sues Liberty Mutual for $20M Over Claim Denial
Jun 28 2017 // A West Virginia city has filed a federal lawsuit seeking a $20 million insurance claim to cover damages at its hydroelectric plant. The Intelligencer reports that the lawsuit was filed this month in U.S. District Court in...
Mass. Court Says Arbitration is Allowed in Underinsured Motorist Claim Suit
Jun 20 2017 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that Arbella Mutual Insurance Company did not engage in unfair settlement practices by demanding arbitration in a lawsuit involving an underinsured motorist claim. In the case,...
Chubb Names Liberty Mutual’s Watkins to Head Casualty Claims for North America
Jun 1 2017 // Chubb has named John Watkins as senior vice president, head of Casualty Claims for North America. Watkins will be responsible for managing approximately 325 casualty claims examiners and will oversee primary, excess, and...
Liberty Mutual Appoints Dekermanji Chief Underwriter for Specialty Energy
May 25 2017 // Liberty Mutual has appointed Jessica Dekermanji as senior vice president and chief underwriting officer of the National Insurance Specialty Energy unit. Dekermanji will lead a team of underwriting, risk control and account...
Ironshore CEO Kelley: Goal Under Liberty Mutual Is to Become Premier Specialty P/C Insurer
May 15 2017 // Longtime Ironshore Inc. CEO Kevin Kelley said his company has a genuine shot at becoming a “premier” specialty property/casualty insurance company, both domestically and abroad, now that Liberty Mutual...
Storm Losses Lower Liberty Mutual Profit in Q1
May 4 2017 // Liberty Mutual Holding Company Inc. reported net income of $351 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017, a $42 million or 10.7 percent decline from the same period in 2016. Net written premiums in the quarter...
Liberty Mutual Completes Ironshore Acquisition; Will Use Ironshore Brand for U.S. Specialty Business
May 2 2017 // Liberty Mutual Insurance has completed its acquisition of specialty insurer Ironshore Inc., creating a global specialty business with approximately $6.5 billion in net written premium. Liberty Mutual announced last...
Argo Surety Adds Liberty Mutual’s Bluzard in Houston Contract Surety Unit
Apr 12 2017 // Argo Surety has appointed James Bluzard as central region vice president for Contract Surety. Based in Houston, Bluzard is responsible for building out local office teams and supervision of underwriting and related...
Liberty Mutual’s Luce, BlueSky’s Hespe Join QBE North America Commercial Operation
Apr 4 2017 // QBE North America announced two executive appointments in the Property & Casualty business. Jamie Luce will lead the Commercial Insurance business as senior vice president. He will oversee all of the QBE North America...
Liberty Mutual Launches New Builder’s Risk Product
Mar 28 2017 // Liberty Mutual has launched Premier Protector – Builder’s Risk for large contractors and property owners – and the brokers who serve them – that is designed to help eliminate uncertainties and inconsistencies...
Liberty Mutual’s Q4 Net Income Takes a Hit from Auto Liability Losses
Mar 3 2017 // Liberty Mutual Holding Co.’s 2016 fourth quarter net income declined substantially, due mostly to higher U.S. personal and commercial auto liability losses. But the number was up for the full year. The insurer booked...
Texas Supreme Court Sides with Policyholder in Ike-Damaged Property Case
Feb 20 2017 // When is a fence a “dwelling” structure for insurance coverage purposes and when is it an “other structure?” The Texas Supreme Court, relying on disputed language in a Liberty Mutual Insurance Co....
Texas High Court Sides with Policyholder in Ike-Damaged Property Case
Feb 13 2017 // When is a fence a “dwelling” structure for insurance coverage purposes and when is it an “other structure?” The Texas Supreme Court, relying on disputed language in a Liberty Mutual Insurance Co....
