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Liberty Specialty Markets seen as top brand in London Market
7th March 2023
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM) has been ranked as the leading London Market insurer brand based on data compiled by Insurindex, which looked at a combination of market share and brand awareness factors. Notably, LSM climbed five places up the brand rankings from last year to take over the top spot from ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty Markets names Protasio Head of Distribution for LatAm & US
3rd February 2023
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has appointed Beatriz Protasio as Head of Distribution for Latin America and the US. Based in Miami, Protasio will report to LSM President for Latin America and the US, Ronald Bolaños and LSM Head of Business Development and Market Relationships, Mark Stephenson. Within ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty Markets promotes Owen to Global Head of FRS
19th January 2023
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM) has promoted Huw Owen to the role of Global Head of Financial Risk Solutions (FRS), effective immediately. Owen will be based in London where he will report to Rachel Conran, Chief Underwriting Officer. In the role, Owen will be responsible for strategic development of the global FRS team. ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty Markets promotes O’Neill to CUO London
17th January 2023
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM) has promoted Melanie O’Neill to the role of Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) in London, effective immediately. Within her new role, O’Neill will hold responsibility for setting and delivering the underwriting strategy and annual underwriting plan for LSM’s London-based Commercial and Specialty business. Previously Chief Underwriting Officer, Commercial, O’Neill ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty Markets names Head of Digital Strategy for Europe
10th January 2023
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has announced the appointment of Carl Faulkner to the newly-created role of Head of Digital Strategy for Continental Europe. Faulkner joins LSM from BNP Paribas where he was Head of Digital for five years His new role forms part of LSM’s recently ... Read the full article
Liberty Mutual appoints Rachel Conran as CUO of LSM
21st November 2022
Rachel Conran is set to take over as Liberty Specialty Markets' (LSM) new Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) on January 1st, 2023. Based in Cologne, Germany, she will be responsible for underwriting performance across the business. The appointment was announced today by Liberty Mutual Insurance's Global Risk Solutions (GRS) unit. In her new ... Read the full article
WTW collaborates with LSM & Markel on digital commercial insurance platform
17th November 2022
WTW has collaborated with Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM) and Markel to launch the pilot phase of a new digital commercial insurance platform. The venture between the three companies will aim to help improve connectivity, giving brokers flexible trading options and insurers speed and scale. Using globally-recognised data standards, WTW noted that the ... Read the full article
Garcia Larriu named General Manager Insurance for LSM Spain
10th November 2022
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Global Risk Solutions division, has appointed Alfonso Garcia Larriu General Manager Insurance, Spain. Based in Madrid, Garcia Larriu will report to Kadidja Sinz, Head of LSM Central Region (Europe and MENA). He will be responsible for leading the team and delivering on ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty Markets names Martin Vince Head of Broker Management
3rd November 2022
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Global Risk Solutions division, has appointed Martin Vince to the role of Head of Broker Management, effective immediately. Within this role, Vince will report to Mark Stephenson, Head of Business Development and Market Relationships, and he will also be based in London. Vince ... Read the full article
LSM appoints Markus Hefel General Manager Switzerland
17th October 2022
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Global Risk Solutions division, has appointed Markus Hefel to the role of General Manager of LSM Switzerland. According to the announcement, Hefel promotion is subject to regulatory approval. He is responsible for leading the Swiss team and LSM’s business in Switzerland to ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty Markets launches new project cargo consortium at Lloyd’s
12th October 2022
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Global Risk Solutions division, has announced the launch of a new Lloyd’s facility for the London Market – the Liberty Project Cargo Consortium (LPCC), to underwrite global project-related cargo risks. The facility, Consortium 7763, offers capacity to underwrite risks up to $205 ... Read the full article
Quod Orbis & Liberty Specialty collaborate to study future of cyber insurance
11th October 2022
Quod Orbis and Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM) have released a white paper report exploring the prospective future of cyber insurance, alongside the role data can play to enhance the understanding of risk. According to the report, global cyber insurance premiums totalled $8bn in 2021, and are growing rapidly, with one estimate ... Read the full article
LSM names Jesse van Cleef Head of MBTC Europe, FRS
7th September 2022
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Jesse van Cleef to the newly created role of Head of MBTC Europe, Financial Risk Solutions (FRS). Based in the Netherlands, Van Cleef will report to Alexandra Paton, Head of Continental Europe - FRS. As FRS is launching Multi Buyer ... Read the full article
LSM promotes Adam Clark to FRS Senior Underwriter
31st August 2022
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group has promoted Adam Clark from his role as Financial Risk Solutions (FRS) Underwriter, to Senior Underwriter, FRS. Based in London, Clark will support the further development of LSM’s Short Term Trade Finance business, enhancing the unit’s underwriting capabilities and further strengthening ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty Markets appoints new senior underwriter in Ankita Dutta
26th August 2022
Liberty Specialty Markets has appointed Ankita Dutta to the role of senior underwriter for financial risk solutions. Dutta is joining the firm with immediate effect, will be based in London, and will report to Sam Wilde, head of London markets. Wilde, meanwhile, assumed his role in February as part of ... Read the full article