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Liberty Mutual Group’s Edmund F. Kelly retired from active management of the company on June 28. David H. Long is now president and CEO.

Kelly will continue to serve as chairman of the board of Liberty Mutual Holding Co.

Long has served in various leadership positions at Liberty Mutual during his 25-year career with the company. Most recently, he was elected president in June 2010. Prior to that, he was president of Liberty International, a position he assumed in January of 2009. Other positions at Liberty Mutual included serving as president, Commercial Markets, and as chief operating officer in National Market.

Long was also a founding member of what is now Liberty Mutual Agency Corp., where he was actively involved in the acquisitions of Golden Eagle, Summit, Peerless Insurance, Indiana Insurance and Colorado Casualty. Long began his career at Liberty Mutual in 1985 as a financial analyst in National Accounts.

Kelly joined Liberty Mutual in 1992 as president and chief operating officer, and was elected CEO in 1998. He was elected as chairman of Liberty Mutual Group in April 2000. Kelly is also a member of the board of governors of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America; a member of the boards of The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., the EMC Corp., the American Ireland Fund, the Insurance Information Institute; and he serves on various other community and education boards. In addition, he is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.

Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group is a global insurer and the third-largest property and casualty insurer in the United States, based on A.M. Best Co.’s report of 2010 net written premium.

SCF Arizona, the state’s largest provider of workers’ compensation insurance, named Noel A. Williams vice president of underwriting.

Williams has extensive property and casualty experience in commercial lines, having spent more than 20 years in the insurance industry. He has worked in direct, agency and wholesaler channels, as well as for five major national insurance companies.

His expertise in commercial lines is in step with SCF’s small business commitment and mission to diversify the company’s line of products to meet the needs of its policyholders as it nears privatization, the company said.

In May, 2010, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law a bill that will enable SCF Arizona privatization by Jan. 1, 2013.

“Noel will be responsible for taking a portfolio view of our business, including segmentation and profitability strategies, channel optimization, and association/affinity relationship pricing,” said Ann Christensen, SCF executive vice president and chief operating officer. He will work to set up future property and casualty operations.

MJ Insurance, a privately held insurance agency with offices in Arizona and Indiana, hired Ash Hachmeister as a producer. He will work with both employee benefits and property/casualty clients from the company’s Phoenix office.

Hachmeister has nearly 10 years of experience primarily working with mid- to large-sized clientele. Most recently, he was with Lockton Companies in Phoenix. Previously, he spent more than five years with ADP.

Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. added Christian Kortebein as senior vice president and chief actuary. He will report to the chief financial officer and be responsible for setting direction and priorities for the company’s pricing and reserving activities as well as leadership of the actuarial community.

Most recently, Kortebein was deputy chief actuary for Allianz Group in Munich, where he was accountable for loss reserving, property and casualty reinsurance, and actuarial support for merger and acquisition activities and capital management.

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