LIberty Mutual News

Liberty Mutual Completes Deal for Ireland’s Quinn Insurance Operations

The Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group announced it has successfully completed the planned acquisition of Quinn’s Irish insurance business, as well as the transfer of all existing Quinn Insurance employees to Liberty Mutual’s new Irish company, which “plans to trade under …

Liberty Mutual Posts $111M Q3 Loss, Hurt By CAT Loss, Asbestos Charge

Liberty Mutual Group reported a net loss of $111 million for its third quarter. In contrast, the third-largest property/casualty insurer in the U.S. had posted net profit of $567 million during the same quarter last year. The company’s result was …

S&P Affirms Liberty Mutual, Affiliates Ratings; Revises Outlook to Positive

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on Liberty Mutual Group (LGMI, and the members of the Liberty Mutual Intercompany Pool, the Peerless Intercompany Pool, and other rated insurance affiliates (collectively, Liberty) to positive from stable. S&P also …

Agents Say Insurers Out of Touch with Needs of Small Businesses

Insurance agents and brokers think that their insurance carriers may be out of touch with what the small business segment needs. For one, carriers have been busy coming out with new products and coverage enhancements for small businesses, but agents …

Liberty Mutual Sues Goldman Over Freddie Mac Investment Losses

Boston-based Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. and several of its subsidiaries have sued investment banker Goldman, Sachs & Co. for “making materially misleading statements and omissions” in a preferred stock offering of mortgage lender Freddie Mac in November 2007. The insurers …

Liberty Mutual Appoints Huerta CEO of Liberty Seguros Spain

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 Spain, who will retire at the …

Best Revises Liberty Mutual Holding and Subs Outlook to Stable

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 Companies and Peerless Insurance Company Pool and their …

China Approves Capital Increase for Liberty Mutual China Subsidiary

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 Mutual Insurance Co. and part of the Liberty …

As More Workers Go Mobile, Workers’ Compensation Exposure Grows

Employers who supply their employees with company cell phones, laptops, BlackBerries, iPads and other portable devices could be in for a surprise if an employee is injured while using the device when off-site or off the clock. Insurance claims professionals …

Liberty Mutual Continues UK Commercial Lines Expansion; Hires Personnel

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 appointments as part of this initiative. Nine new members of …