Liberty Specialty Markets
Liberty Mutual Insurance launches safeguard product with NSPCC
Policy is designed to help organisations minimise risks to children.
Direct Commercial buys Liberty motor account
Move follows Liberty’s exit from the UK motor market earlier this year.
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Liberty exits UK motor market
Insurer says book will close to new business from 1 November 2015 as it cannot give "stable and ongoing commitment" to customers.
Teleperformance takes over Liberty's Enniskillen contact centre
Deal sees insurer secure up to 200 jobs.
Hughes Insurance to revert to panel of insurers
Broker to move away from operating with its owner, Liberty, as a standalone underwriter.
Liberty exits GB operations
Insurer consults on 250 redundancies but says changes will not impact on its Hughes business.
Sean Rocks to leave Liberty
Alan Telford to take on chief underwriting officer role in commercial.
Liberty Mutual promotes Cook to head UK commercial development
Cook to lead development team based across Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, London and Bristol.
Liberty Mutual expands Manchester branch
New recruits to target casualty and property business.
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Hughes Insurance deal raises questions over broker’s independence
Purchaser Liberty Mutual to become lead underwriter for the Northern Irish firm
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The Northern Ireland market dominated headlines yesterday.
Liberty targeting top 3 place in Ireland with Hughes buy
Broker says deal will not change anything for clients.
Liberty Mutual acquires Hughes Insurance
Provider will become lead underwriter for broker from 1 July onwards.
Liberty buys Hughes Insurance
Northern Ireland broker sold to Dublin-based insurer.
Aviva appoints Lovely as claims director
New recruit replaces Clayden who left in August last year.
Liberty refutes AccessBI link
Insurer states MGA has never had authority to use its name, issue documentation or bind policies on its behalf.
Former Allianz commercial boss Hanks lands Liberty non-exec role
Retirement of non-executive director Richard Youell also confirmed.
JLT takes on five senior recruits for construction division
Arrivals described as "market-leading practitioners".
Liberty Mutual names new Leeds branch head
Former Zurich manager John Meehan will replace the retiring John Dakin.
Liberty Mutual grows UK and Ireland business by a third
Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe has reported a 33% increase in its UK and Ireland commercial operation gross written premium (GWP).
APC takes on Vision book
APC has acquired the renewal rights to Vision Underwriting’s book of commercial business.
Liberty announces restructure
Liberty Mutual Insurance Group has merged its Lloyd’s Syndicate with Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe and US-based Liberty Mutual Reinsurance operations to create Liberty Specialty Market.