Liberty International Underwriters (LIU) News

Liberty International Underwriters Names C&F’s Cossetti as Head of U.S. Casualty

Liberty International Underwriters (LIU) has named Diana Cossetti as senior vice president of LIU’s U.S. Casualty operation, newly-created underwriting leadership role overseeing Primary Casualty, Excess Casualty, Environmental, Railroad and Crisis Management. S Cossetti will be based in New York and …

Liberty International Names Finnegan Chief Underwriting Officer for U.S.

Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has appointed Michael Finnegan to the newly-created position of chief underwriting officer for U.S. operations. Prior to joining LIU, Finnegan was chief operating officer of Liberty Mutual Reinsurance (LMR), an independent …

Forrest T. Jones Launches Accountants Professional Liability Program

Forrest T. Jones & Company (FTJ) has completed an agreement with Liberty International Underwriters (LIU) to serve as the program administrator for LIU’s national accountants’ professional liability insurance program for accounts with annual revenues up to $5 million. FTJ will …

Liberty Int’l Underwriters Names McCarthy as Head of Global Crisis Mgmt. Unit

Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has appointed Jane McCarthy as global senior vice president of its Global Crisis Management unit which includes kidnap, ransom and extortion; contaminated products; and product recall coverage worldwide. Based in …

LIU Adds Underwriters to Risk Engineering Team

Liberty International Underwriters has added five risk engineers to its U.S. and Latin America risk engineering team to focus on energy-related opportunities and civil construction projects in response to the resurgence in America’s energy industry and continued energy growth anticipated …

Celona to Head Medical Professional at Liberty International Underwriters

Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has named Valoree Celona to its recently-created position of senior vice president of Medical Professional Liability Insurance. Based in LIU’s New York office, Celona will oversee LIU’s national medical malpractice underwriting …

Liberty International Adds 8 Underwriters to U.S. Excess Casualty Unit

Global specialty insurer Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has added eight underwriters to its U.S. Excess Casualty Division. “Our new staff brings added skill and expertise to the LIU Excess Casualty team, allowing brokers to …

Liberty International Appoints Montoya Sr. VP, Managing Director – Latin America

Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), part of the Global Specialty business unit of Liberty Mutual Insurance, announced the appointment of Alexander Montoya as Senior Vice President, Managing Director – LIU Latin America. He will report to David Cohen, President LIU US …

Business Risk Partners, LIU Launch New E&O Policy Form for Agents, Brokers

Program administrator Business Risk Partners (BRP) has launched a new insurance agents and brokers professional liability form through Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a division of Liberty Mutual Insurance. It’s the first major policy upgrade since 2008, when BRP and LIU …

Medical Malpractice Insurer, NJ PURE, Forms Strategic Alliance with LIU

NJ PURE, a medical malpractice insurer in New Jersey, has entered into a strategic alliance with Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a division of Liberty Mutual Insurance. According to Eric S. Poe, chief litigation and marketing officer of NJ PURE, NJ …