LIberty Mutual News

Liberty Mutual Launches Towing Program Through Trinity Transportation Services

Liberty Mutual Insurance, through its program administrator Trinity Transportation Services, LLC, is now offering coverage for towing companies. The Liberty Mutual Trinity Towing Program offers commercial auto, general liability, property, inland marine and excess/umbrella coverages for towing operations and vehicles. …

Liberty Mutual Expands Large, Global Property Risk Unit; Adds 5 Underwriters

Aiming for a bigger role in the market for large, complex global property risks, Liberty Mutual has expanded its National Accounts Property unit and added five underwriters. The unit provides ground-up, shared and layered, inland marine and equipment breakdown coverages. …

Senior Drivers Open to Discussion About Limiting Driving: Survey

There are currently more than 23 million licensed drivers aged 70 and older and as baby boomers soon begin turning 70, the number of seniors on the road will rise steadily over the next two decades. The majority of senior …

Liberty Mutual Adds Data Compromise Coverage to Insurance Agent E&O Program

Liberty Mutual Insurance has added data compromise coverage to its insurance agents errors & omissions (E &O) program. The endorsement carries an annual aggregate limit of $100,000 for response expenses and an additional $100,000 annual aggregate limit for defense and …

Liberty Mutual Names Sr. Underwriting Manager for Excess Casualty in Northeast

Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Specialty Excess Casualty operation has appointed Keith Poopor as senior underwriting manager for excess casualty in the Northeast.

Liberty Mutual Launches Assumed Reinsurance for Equipment Breakdown

Liberty Mutual Insurance now offers equipment breakdown assumed reinsurance to insurers through treaties, programs and on a case-by-case basis, giving property/casualty insurers a new source for reinsurance of equipment breakdown. According to Mike Martin, executive vice president and general manager, …

Liberty Mutual’s 1Q Profit Declines 14.5% to $272M

Liberty Mutual Holding Co. Inc. reported $272 million net profit for its 2014 first quarter, a decline of $46 million or 14.5 percent from $318 million net profit reported during the same period in 2013. The Boston-based insurer saw higher …

Teens Know Drinking, Texting Risks But Don’t Always Drive Like They Do

From drinking or texting while driving to using a designated driver, there is a disconnect between what teenagers acknowledge as risky behavior and what they actually admit to doing behind the wheel, according to a survey from Liberty Mutual Insurance …

Liberty Mutual Swings to Profit; 2013 Full-Year Income Rises 110% to $1.74B

Liberty Mutual Holding Company Inc. and its subsidiaries today reported net income of $496 million for its 2013 fourth quarter, improving from a net loss of $234 million during the prior-year fourth quarter. The insurer benefited from stronger revenues and …

Liberty Mutual Entering Malaysia with $113 Million Acquisition

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group in Boston announced the company’s entry into Malaysia’s $4.6 billion non-life insurance market with its planned acquisition of a 68.9 percent stake in Uni.Asia General Insurance Berhad for approximately $113 million. The transaction is subject to …