Latest Liberty Mutual Headlines

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Liberty Mutual Helps 10 Communities Fund Fourth of July Events

Jun 30 2011 // Liberty Mutual Insurance has announced 10 winners of its Bring Back the 4th contest, which – from May 4 to June 14, 2011 – encouraged U.S. cities and towns to compete for ten $10,000 grants to help fund local Fourth of...

Liberty Mutual Appoints Huerta CEO of Liberty Seguros Spain

Jun 22 2011 // The Liberty Mutual Group has named Enrique Huerta CEO of Liberty Seguros Compania, de Seguros y Reaseguros, S.A. (Liberty Seguros Spain), effective July 1, 2011. José María Dot, the current President of Liberty Seguros...

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Jun 20 2011 // Liberty Mutual Group’s Edmund (Ted) F. Kelly, 65, will retire from active management of the company on June 28. David H. Long, 50, will replace Kelly and will become president and CEO effective June 29, 2011. Kelly...

Best Revises Liberty Mutual Holding and Subs Outlook to Stable

Jun 17 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to stable from negative and affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of Liberty Mutual Insurance...

China Approves Capital Increase for Liberty Mutual China Subsidiary

Jun 14 2011 // Liberty Insurance Company Limited (LICL) has been granted approval by the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) to increase its registered capital by $17.5 million. LICL is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty...

Liberty Mutual’s Kelly Retires; Long Named President, CEO

Jun 9 2011 // Liberty Mutual Group’s Edmund F. Kelly, 65, will retire from active management of the company on June 28. David H. Long, 50, will replace Kelly and will become president and CEO effective June 29, 2011. Kelly will...

Liberty Mutual Continues UK Commercial Lines Expansion; Hires Personnel

May 16 2011 // After launching its drive into the UK’s commercial lines mid-market in March, Liberty Mutual Insurance, the Commercial Lines operation of Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe Limited, has announced several new staff...

Surety & Fidelity Association Elects Chubb’s Vispoli as Chair

May 11 2011 // The Surety & Fidelity Association of America has elected Tracey Vispoli, senior vice president, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, as chair of the board for 2011-2012. Vispoli is the global manager for Chubb’s...

Liberty Mutual Posts 14.9% Increase in Net Income in Q1

May 6 2011 // Liberty Mutual Group reported net income of $362 million for the first quarter 2011, an increase of $47 million, or 14.9 percent, over the same period in 2010. Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2011 were $8.381...

Liberty Mutual’s Brazil Seguros to Sponsor 2014 Soccer World Cup

May 6 2011 // The Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group announced that Liberty Seguros in Brazil has signed an agreement with FIFA [soccer football’s governing body] to become a FIFA World Cup National Supporter for the 2014 FIFA...

Liberty Mutual Might Assume Share of Ireland’s Quinn Insurance

Apr 15 2011 // Sean Quinn has long been one of Ireland’s greatest success stories, and his name adorns everything from cement mixers to luxury hotels. Now he’s become the biggest casualty of the nation’s worst banking...

Liberty Mutual Expands UK Commercial Lines Operations

Apr 4 2011 // Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe (LMIE), a member of the Liberty Mutual Group, has confirmed more details of its expanded regional office network and management team to beef up its move into the UK’s commercial lines...

Liberty Mutual Authorized to Establish Guangdong Branch

Mar 31 2011 // Liberty Mutual Group announced that, through its wholly owned subsidiary Liberty Insurance Company Limited, it has been granted approval to establish a branch in Guangdong Province by the China Insurance Regulatory...

Liberty Mutual Brazil Syndicates Expand Presence

Mar 28 2011 // Liberty Mutual first established a Syndicate presence in Brazil in 2009, when it set up operations for its Lloyd’s syndicates in Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro. However, it’s already outgrown the original office,...

Liberty Mutual Hiring 100 for Boston IT Center

Mar 4 2011 // Insurer Liberty Mutual says it will hire 100 new employees in connection with the launch of a new Information Technology Development Center in Boston The positions are a mixture of entry level and experienced roles for...

Liberty Mutual Paying $7.5M To Settle Bid-Rigging Charges

Jan 10 2011 // Boston-based insurer Liberty Mutual will pay a combined $7.5 million to New York and Connecticut to settle allegations that it steered insurance contracts by paying kickbacks large insurance brokers. In settling the suits,...

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Jan 10 2011 // Golden Eagle Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. regional company, appointed Spencer J. Donkin president and CEO. Donkin joins Golden Eagle Insurance from Liberty Mutual Agency Corp.’s Regional Companies Group,...

Liberty Mutual Continues Fight with AIG As Other Insurers Settle

Jan 10 2011 // American International Group has negotiated a $450 million settlement with seven of its competitors in the protracted litigation over its questionable reporting of workers’ compensation premiums. But the long-running...

Liberty Mutual Paying $7.5M to Settle Bid-Rigging Charges

Dec 30 2010 // Boston-based insurer Liberty Mutual will pay a combined $7.5 million to New York and Connecticut to settle allegations that it steered insurance contracts by paying kickbacks large insurance brokers. In settling the suits,...

Donkin Appointed Golden Eagle Insurance President and CEO

Nov 16 2010 // Golden Eagle Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. regional company, has appointed Spencer J. Donkin president and CEO. Donkin joins Golden Eagle Insurance from Liberty Mutual Agency Corpo.’s Regional Companies...