Latest Liberty Mutual Headlines
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NHC: Tropical Storm Sally Strengthens to Hurricane
Sep 14 2020 // Louisiana and Mississippi residents were under evacuation orders on Monday as former Tropical Storm Sally strengthened to a hurricane status and churned across the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center...
Liberty Mutual Reports Q2 Loss on COVID-19 Event Cancellations, Storms, Downturn
Aug 6 2020 // Liberty Mutual Holding Co. reported a net loss of $320 million for the second quarter versus net income of $397 million for the same quarter last year. The loss reflected the impact of COVID-19, catastrophes and the...
Liberty Mutual’s Aldous Joins EverQuote as VP of Insurance Data, Product Services
Jul 31 2020 // EverQuote, Inc., an online insurance marketplace, has added Michael Aldous as vice president of Insurance Data and Product Services. Aldous joins EverQuote from Liberty Mutual Insurance, where he led teams responsible for...
Liberty Mutual Loses Bid to Charge Employer for Claims Paid from Exempt Workers
Jul 22 2020 // A workers’ compensation insurer cannot charge an employer an extra $1.7 million in premiums for the risk presented by employees who were exempt from coverage under Iowa’s workers’ compensation law, a...
Safeco, Heritage Agree to Offer Renewals to AIG’s Upper Middle Market Clients
Jun 30 2020 // American International Group (AIG) announced it has entered into an agreement with Safeco Insurance, a Liberty Mutual subsidiary, and Heritage Insurance Holdings to offer AIG Private Client Group’s (PCG) agents the...
Liberty Mutual Re Taps Steiner from RenRe for U.S. Casualty Treaty Team
Jun 29 2020 // Liberty Mutual Re (LM Re), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Sara Steiner to the role of vice president and director of Assumed Reinsurance. Sara Steiner Steiner is based in LM Re’s office in...
AXA XL’s Mackie Joins Liberty Mutual Re to Head U.S. Property Business
Jun 22 2020 // Two-year old Liberty Mutual Re said it has appointed Scott Mackie to the role of director of Assumed Reinsurance – Property. Mackie will be responsible for managing the underwriting of U.S. property risk and pro-rata...
Liberty Mutual Appoints Perez to Chief Underwriting Officer of Global Risk Solutions
May 27 2020 // Liberty Mutual Insurance has appointed David Perez as chief underwriting officer for Global Risk Solutions (GRS). GRS is Liberty Mutual’s global commercial and specialty lines reinsurer that provides a full range of...
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...
