Latest Safeco Insurance Headlines
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Liberty Mutual to Sunset Safeco Brand in 2026
Mar 24 2025 // Safeco Insurance will stop being a brand name in 2026, and Liberty Mutual Insurance will sell all of its personal lines products under the Liberty Mutual name. Safeco has been Liberty Mutual’s brand for the...
Liberty Mutual to Sunset Safeco Brand in 2026
Mar 4 2025 // Safeco Insurance will stop being a brand name in 2026, and Liberty Mutual Insurance will sell all of its personal lines products under the Liberty Mutual name. Safeco has been Liberty Mutual’s brand for the...
Safeco to Stop Writing New Condo and Renter Policies in California
Dec 20 2024 // It appears another insurance carrier is turning sour on wildfire-prone California. Safeco, a Liberty subsidiary, is preparing to stop writing new condo and rental policies in California at the beginning of next year....
Safeco to Take Personal Lines Renewal Business of Main Street America
Dec 2 2024 // Liberty Mutual’s Safeco Insurance has agreed to take the personal lines business of Main Street America, marking the second time in two months that Safeco has stepped in to assume a personal lines book of business...
Safeco to Take Personal Lines Renewal Business of Main Street America
Nov 13 2024 // Liberty Mutual’s Safeco Insurance has agreed to take the personal lines business of Main Street America, marking the second time in two months that Safeco has stepped in to assume a personal lines book of business...
Columbia Insurance to Transfer Personal Auto, Umbrella Books to Safeco
Sep 26 2024 // Safeco Insurance, a Boston-based Liberty Mutual Insurance company, said it has entered into a book transfer agreement with Columbia Insurance Group, a Central and Midwest regional carrier. Under the agreement, mutual...
Safeco Gets a Win in Underinsured Motorist Coverage Dispute
Apr 10 2024 // The Connecticut Appellate Court has ruled that an auto insurer is not obligated to pay underinsured benefits to make up the difference between the coverage limits available and the lower amount its insureds actually...
11th Circuit: Safeco Doesn’t Owe in Subro Claim by Agency’s E&O Carrier
May 18 2022 // A federal appellate court threw out a Florida jury verdict that would have required a Liberty Mutual unit to pay $1.6 million in damages for failing to defend an independent insurance agency against a lawsuit that accused...
People Moves: Domek Joins HOAIC in Illinois; United Heartland Promotes Richeson in Kansas City; Liberty Mutual, Safeco Name Meuret Midwest Field Exec
Jun 4 2021 // HOAIC Homeowners of America Insurance Co. (HOAIC), an Irving, Texas-based property/casualty insurance provider, has added Paul Domek as a territory sales manager in Illinois. Domek brings over 20 years of insurance...
Title Insurer First American to Exit P/C Insurance with Transfers to Safeco, Heritage
Jan 27 2021 // Title insurer First American Financial Corp. reported recently that its property/casualty insurance subsidiaries have entered into book transfer agreements with Safeco Insurance and Heritage Insurance Holdings. The...
Tower Hill, Safeco to Offer Policy Multi-Policy Discount in Florida
Oct 28 2020 // Florida-based Tower Hill Insurance and national carrier Safeco, two non-affiliated carriers, have formed a marketing partnership in the state of Florida to offer a multi-policy discount to customers. Beginning in November,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Thinking Past the Obvious: Former CEO of XL Group McGavick Looks Back
Mar 21 2019 // The former chief executive officer of XL Group, Mike McGavick, admits that frequently during his career he has taken on leadership roles that some of his contemporaries considered too hot to handle—such as the...
EMC Insurance Exits Personal Lines Business; Safeco to Accept Accounts from Agents
Oct 31 2018 // Liberty Mutual’s Safeco insurance has agreed to accept the $132.5 million in personal lines business of Iowa-based EMC Insurance Companies. Safeco is offering EMC’s independent agents the opportunity to...
Suit Says Safeco Field in Washington Discriminates Against Wheelchair Users
Oct 22 2018 // Wheelchair users attending Seattle Mariners baseball games at Safeco Field get a “second-class” experience, a nonprofit disability-rights law firm says, and has filed a discrimination lawsuit. The Seattle Times...
Donegal Exits Personal Lines Insurance in 7 States, Transfers Business to Safeco
Sep 11 2018 // Donegal Mutual Insurance Co. is exiting the personal lines business in seven of the 22 states in which it does business and will transfer those personal lines accounts worth $25 million in premium to Safeco...
QBE North America Sells Its Personal Lines Business to Safeco
Aug 16 2018 // QBE North America has sold its personal insurance independent agency policies in 47 states to Safeco Insurance, a division of Liberty Mutual. The agreement was effective August 15, 2018. The terms of the transaction were...
