Latest Liberty Mutual Headlines
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NYC Comptroller Urges Major Insurance Companies to Cut Ties with Coal Industry
Apr 30 2020 // New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer has called on three multi-national insurance companies to end business ties with the coal industry, a move he says will protect clients from the effects of climate change and...
In a Time of Uncertainty, We Remain Certain of Independent Agents
Apr 29 2020 // Seattle, WA, April 29, 2020 In this open letter to the independent agent channel, Liberty Mutual Small Commercial and Safeco President Tyler Asher outlines how carriers and agents are navigating this turbulent time...
Liberty Mutual Estimates Q1 Loss from Coronavirus to Be Like Moderate Catastrophe
Apr 28 2020 // Global insurer Liberty Mutual said the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have the most impact on its first quarter investment portfolio results, with its business in trade credit, general liability, workers compensation, and...
Auto Insurers Offering $8-$10B in Discounts in Coronavirus Relief Effort; Updated List
Apr 13 2020 // The group of property/casualty insurers offering auto insurance premium discounts to recognize that insureds are driving less during the coronavirus crisis continues to grow, and now includes all major auto insurers. State...
GEICO, Farmers, Liberty Mutual Join Insurers Giving Breaks to Drivers, Businesses
Apr 7 2020 // More auto insureds and small businesses are getting a break on their insurance premiums to help them through the coronavirus crisis. Auto insurer GEICO said it will give back approximately $2.5 billion in the form of a 15...
Safeco Acquiring Republic’s Personal Lines Business in 6 States
Mar 23 2020 // AmTrust Financial Services said it will transfer to Liberty Mutual’s Safeco Insurance unit the renewal rights for the personal lines business in six states of Dallas-based Republic Group, an AmTrust company. The deal...
Liberty Mutual Re Promotes Londoño to General Manager Colombia, Replacing Ospina
Mar 10 2020 // Liberty Mutual Re (LM Re), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has promoted Juan Felipe Londoño to the position of general manager Colombia, with responsibility for the Andean Region and Panama. He reports to Miguel...
AmTrust to Transfer Republic Personal Lines Business to Liberty Mutual
Mar 6 2020 // AmTrust Financial Services said it will transfer to Liberty Mutual renewal rights in six states for its Republic personal lines business. The deal involves Liberty’s Safeco Insurance unit, and it will allow Republic...
Liberty Mutual’s Irish Insurer Exits Several Lines Including Commercial Liability, Property
Jan 17 2020 // Liberty Insurance, the Irish subsidiary of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, is exiting its commercial liability, commercial property and development bonds lines of business. Liberty will continue to provide services and...
Liberty Mutual Surety Launches Product Line for Small, Mid-Size Contractors
Jan 17 2020 // Liberty Mutual Surety has launched a new product line dedicated to contract transactional and small- to mid-sized surety business. Liberty Mutual Surety Plus is available through independent agents and serves contractors...
Liberty Mutual Re Opens Office in Singapore, Appoints Leong from Aspen Re
Jan 14 2020 // Liberty Mutual Re (LM Re), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, announced it has opened an office in Singapore and appointed Annie Leong as regional underwriting manager for LM Re in Asia Pacific. “As LM Re...
Liberty Mutual Re Appoints Burke as VP, Director of Assumed Reinsurance
Jan 13 2020 // Liberty Mutual Re (LM Re), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has appointed Susan E. Burke as vice president and director of Assumed Reinsurance in its Casualty Treaty department. She will be based in LM Re’s office...
Farmers Expands Program, Now Insuring Uber Drivers in 14 States and D.C.
Jan 7 2020 // Farmers Insurance has expanded its relationship with Uber by providing commercial automobile insurance to its ridesharing drivers in 12 additional states and the District of Columbia. In addition to the District of...
Liberty Mutual to Insure Uber Drivers and Passengers in 7 States, Puerto Rico
Jan 2 2020 // Liberty Mutual Insurance will provide coverage for Uber drivers and passengers throughout New England, South Carolina and Puerto Rico as part of the company’s 2020 auto insurance programs, which became effective on...
Liberty Mutual to Limit Coal Underwriting, Investments; Names First Sustainability Officer
Dec 16 2019 // Liberty Mutual Insurance said it will drastically limit future underwriting for and investment in coal risks, an apparent response to environmentalists pushing for greener investment strategies among corporations. To...
Former Ironshore, Lexington CEO Kelley to Retire at Year’s End from Liberty Mutual
Nov 22 2019 // Liberty Mutual Insurance today announced that long-time industry leader Kevin H. Kelley, vice chairman, Global Risk Solutions, will retire at the end of this year. In 2017, Kelley joined Liberty Mutual following the...
Munich Re’s Libman Joins Liberty Mutual’s Shared Economy/New Mobility Team
Nov 21 2019 // Liberty Mutual Insurance has appointed Max Libman as lead underwriting consultant for its national Sharing Economy & New Mobility unit. The dedicated Sharing Economy & New Mobility practice was launched earlier...
People & Places
Nov 4 2019 // National Specialty insurer QBE North America has named Kris Hill as president of Alternative Markets. Hill joined QBE in January 2017 as chief financial officer. Before joining QBE, she served as executive vice president...
Liberty Mutual Completes Acquisition of 3 AmTrust European Businesses
Oct 4 2019 // Liberty Mutual Insurance announced it has completed the acquisition of three European subsidiaries of AmTrust Financial Services: Nationale Borg, Nationale Borg Reinsurance, and AmTrust Insurance Spain. “Completing...
Liberty Mutual Appoints Perez as Chief Underwriting Officer, North America
Sep 11 2019 // Liberty Mutual Insurance has appointed David Perez to the post of chief underwriting officer, North America, for its Global Risk Solutions commercial and specialty lines insurer and reinsurer. In this new role, Perez will...
