Latest Liberty Mutual Headlines
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Big Independent Group Awards 2018 “Biggies” at Convention
May 11 2018 // Agents association honors best and brightest insurance industry stars Indian Wells, CA, May 11, 2018- The BIG Independent Group, a leading association of independent agent and brokers, was pleased to bestow its BIGGIE...
Top 10 Causes of Serious Workplace Injuries: Liberty Mutual Index
May 11 2018 // The U.S. workplace is getting safer but the cost of the most serious workplace injuries is rising, according to the findings of the most recent Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index. The number of the most serious...
Liberty Mutual Launches New Umbrella, Contractor’s Equipment Policies
Apr 26 2018 // Liberty Mutual has introduced two new policy forms – umbrella and contractor’s equipment – designed to make it easier for brokers to meet a broader set of coverage needs for their customers. Liberty...
Safeco Appoints Pooley as VP, General Manager of Southeast Region
Apr 20 2018 // Safeco Insurance has appointed Debra Pooley as vice president and general manager of the Southeast Region. Pooley replaces Carl Canales who has been named vice president and general manager for the Northeast Region. She is...
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Apr 2 2018 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc., an East Providence, R.I.-headquartered independent insurance agency, has hired Joanmarie Berry as a financial insurance specialist. She is based in Milton, Mass. In her...
Liberty Mutual Insurance Appoints Anderson as Corporate Functions CIO in Boston
Mar 5 2018 // Liberty Mutual Insurance has appointed Shelia Anderson to the newly created role of corporate functions chief information officer (CIO), reporting to Liberty Mutual’s executive vice president and CIO, James...
Liberty Mutual Net Income Fell in 2017 Due to Catastrophes, Commercial Auto, Taxes
Feb 28 2018 // Liberty Mutual reported $17 million in net income for 2017, down substantially from more than $1 billion in 2016. The insurer pointed to catastrophe losses, adverse development in its commercial automobile business and a...
Safeco to Take Up Mapfre’s Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana Business
Feb 20 2018 // MAPFRE Insurance, which last year decided to exit five states and focus on 11, is turning over its personal lines business in three of the five states it is leaving to Safeco Insurance, a Liberty Mutual unit. MAPFRE has...
AIR Worldwide Names Liberty Mutual’s Grenier to Head Global Resilience Practice
Feb 5 2018 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) has appointed Dr. Roger Grenier as senior vice president of global resilience to lead AIR’s resilience initiatives across the globe. Grenier has 20 years of experience...
Satisfied Independent Agents Are Growth Engines for P/C Carriers: J.D. Power
Jan 26 2018 // Despite the growth of both technology-based and direct-to-customer sales channels in the property/casualty (P/C) insurance industry, independent agents still control the lion’s share of P/C premiums and represent a...
Liberty Mutual Sells Off Life Insurance Unit, Realigns U.S., Global P/C Business
Jan 23 2018 // Liberty Mutual is getting out of the life insurance business, and the insurer will reorganize in order to better focus on its remaining P/C businesses. The Boston-based global insurer said it will sell its life insurance...
Liberty Mutual Insurance Opens New Campus in North Texas
Nov 30 2017 // Liberty Mutual Insurance Chairman and CEO David H. Long officially opened the company’s one million square foot office complex in Plano, Texas, on Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Texas Governor...
Liberty Mutual to Back NIF Bowling Center Program
Nov 7 2017 // NIF Group has partnered with Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. as the exclusive carrier for its Bowling Center Program. The program targets bowling center risks as well as those offering some ancillary entertainment. Coverages...
Hurricanes Drive Q3 Loss for Liberty Mutual But ‘Fundamentals Remain Healthy’
Nov 3 2017 // Liberty Mutual Holding Co. Inc. reported a net loss of $665 million for the three nine months ended September 30, 2017, versus net income of $455 million for the same period in 2016. The net loss in the quarter was driven...
Liberty Mutual Insurance Tailors Policy for Tesla Electric Car Drivers in U.S.
Oct 16 2017 // Tesla Inc. is partnering with Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. to offer an auto-insurance plan designed specifically for its electric cars in the U.S. The plan made available to U.S. customers starting Friday is similar to...
Travelers’ Cunningham Joins Liberty Mutual to Lead National Insurance Property
Sep 19 2017 // Liberty Mutual Insurance has appointed Gregg Cunningham as executive vice president, National Insurance, and general manager, National Insurance Property. Cunningham, who has 25 years of commercial insurance experience,...
New Construction Coverage From Liberty Mutual, Ironshore Targets Integrated Projects
Sep 14 2017 // Liberty Mutual and Ironshore’s dedicated construction practices have introduced an Integrated Primary Wrap Up/Project Specific program offering general liability (GL) and professional liability (PL) protection for...
Liberty Mutual’s Venture Capital Unit Backs Car-Sharing Startup
Sep 12 2017 // Liberty Mutual’s venture arm is among the investors backing the new $92 million funding round for Turo, a peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace. Dan Robinson, managing director of Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures,...
Liberty Mutual Enhances Commercial Insurance Property Form
Aug 9 2017 // Liberty Mutual’s has launched a new proprietary Premier Property Protector all-risk policy to accommodate all of a broker’s single carrier and shared and layered property coverage needs. According to Mike...
Wal-Mart, Liberty Mutual Insurers Settle Over Tracy Morgan Crash
Aug 8 2017 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has settled a lawsuit by two insurers that sought to avoid covering its multimillion-dollar payout to comedian Tracy Morgan for injuries he suffered in a 2014 crash involving one of the...
