Liberty Specialty Markets
Market Moves: Axa leads the way with a batch of new recruits as Hanks re-emerges at Liberty
Insurance industry recruitment picked up this week, with insurers and brokers alike busy hiring new staff. Axa was among the most prolific, while HCC, AIG, Bluefin and Keelan Westall were also active. The week also saw the return of former Allianz boss…
Willis unveils seafarer repatriation policy
Broking giant Willis has launched a new liability policy to cover costs from repatriating stranded seafarers.
Allianz’s Chris Hanks re-emerges as Liberty non-exec
Chris Hanks, previously commercial general manager at Allianz, is set to return to the insurance industry as a non-executive director at Liberty Mutual, sources have told Post.
Market Moves: Brokers lead the charge again as Bluefin and US Risk add fresh faces
Brokers dominated the recruitment space once again this week, with Bluefin and Howden among the firms to add new faces. Having brought in Dane Douetil to head up BMS Group last week, subsidiary Pioneer Underwriting has swooped for an equally high-profile…
Liberty Mutual Insurance expands commercial casualty team
Liberty Mutual Insurance has expanded commercial casualty team with two new appointments.
Liberty Mutual Insurance expands commercial casualty team
Liberty Mutual Insurance has expanded commercial casualty team with two new appointments.
Market Moves: Insurers at the forefront in recruitment market with major hires
Insurers took centre stage in the recruitment market this week, with hires coming thick and fast from the top down. A new chief executive was named at Torus to coincide with the firm’s sale to Enstar, while at Antares a political risks manager and a non…
Liberty appoints new non-executive
Liberty Syndicates has appointed Richard Reid as non-executive director.
Octo Telematics moves frontline operation from Rome to London
Italy-based telematics systems provider Octo Telematics has relocated its frontline operation from Rome to London in a bid to take advantage of opportunities in the burgeoning UK telematics market and to build stronger ties with both the insurance and…
Octo eyes up UK telematics opportunities
Telematics systems provider Octo Telematics has relocated its frontline operation from Italy to London in a bid to take advantage of opportunities in the burgeoning UK telematics market and to build stronger ties with both the insurance and manufacturing…
Liberty signs new drivers to sponsorship programme
Liberty Mutual Insurance, the commercial lines division of Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe, has expanded its racing sponsorship programme.
Liberty Mutual forms aviation consortium with Ace & Hiscox
Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe is to work with Ace Global Markets and Hiscox in a consortium for aviation cover.
Product recall: Total recall cover
After the horsemeat scandal thrust product recall insurance into the limelight, do insurers need to rethink how they offer such cover?
Six foreign insurers granted China motor licenses
Six foreign insurers have been given licenses to operate in China’s compulsory motor market, twelve months after the market was first opened up to foreign insurers.
Liberty eyes remaining Quinn stake
Liberty Insurance’s Irish chief executive has said the group wants to wrestle full control of the former Quinn Insurance Group.
Liberty signs cricket sponsorship deal
Broking partners of Liberty Mutual Insurance can look forward to invitations to test matches after the insurer was appointed as an official sponsor of cricket grounds for 2013.
Liberty Europe adds warranty & indemnity and litigation buy-out cover
The financial lines division of Liberty International Underwriters Europe, part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has launched a warranty and indemnity policy and a litigation buy-out policy.
Liberty Syndicates celebrates a decade in Cologne
Brokers, policyholders and politicians turned out in Cologne to help Liberty Syndicates celebrate 10 years since the insurer opened an office in the German city in 2003.
Liberty Mutual promotes two in commercial property reshuffle
Liberty Mutual’s commercial business has shaken up its leadership in a bid to grow its regional property results.
Insurers not yet in the clear over horsemeat scandal as claims emerge
Contaminated meat claims linked with the horsemeat scandal are now reaching insurers despite clauses that limit liability within product recall policies.
Market Moves: Insurers take the week’s spoils as Ace leads recruitment surge
This week, insurers were on top, with Ace, Covéa and Liberty Mutual among the firms to have tied up deals to bring in new faces.
LMI names Manchester manager
Liberty Mutual Insurance has appointed Scott Taylor to head up its Manchester office.
Kidnap & Ransom: Forewarned is Forearmed
With instances of kidnapping for ransom on the rise in certain parts of the world, it’s more important than ever for firms to ensure they have adequate cover.
Biba and Willis back social media site
Social media platform My Slipcase has signed up members from 342 insurance and reinsurance organisations since it launched nine months ago.