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Liberty Specialty Markets
LSM hires Ulf Knöpnadel as Senior Underwriter, Europe
4th June 2021
Liberty Specialty Markets, a division of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Ulf Knöpnadel as Senior Underwriter, Professional Indemnity (PI) for Europe. Knöpnadel will continue to be based in Munich, and joins from AIG, where he was Senior Underwriter, PI. Prior to AIG, Knöpnadel worked for Markel International as Underwriting Manager, and ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty hires Christoph Paeßens as PI Manager for Germany
18th May 2021
Liberty Specialty Markets, part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has named Christoph Paeßens, formerly of AXA XL Germany, as Professional Indemnity (PI) Underwriting Manager for Germany, effective immediately. In his new role, Paeßens will be based in Cologne, Germany, reporting to Interim Country Manager Angelika Gasser, and Head of PI for ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty names Jane Warren as Active Underwriter
14th April 2021
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Jane Warren as Active Underwriter, effective immediately. Based in London, Warren reports to Phil Hobbs, Deputy Managing Director and Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) for LSM. She brings over 20 years’ experience in the insurance industry, joining Liberty in 2019 from ... Read the full article
LSM announces two U.S. & LatAm leadership changes
11th March 2021
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Manuel Moreno as Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), US and Latin America, and Heath Merrill as Chief Operating Officer, US and Latin America. The appointments are effective immediately ... Read the full article
LSM hires Marleen Lemmens as European COO
4th March 2021
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Marleen Lemmens to the newly created role of European Chief Operating Officer (COO). Lemmens will be based in The Netherlands and report to Kadidja Sinz, Head of Europe and Kirk Maddern, Chief Operating Officer, LSM. She takes up the role ... Read the full article
WTW, Liberty Specialty launch reputational crisis insurance solution
22nd February 2021
Re/insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has launched a solution designed to enable organisations to transfer the financial risk associated with certain types of reputational crises. The broker’s Reputational Crisis Insurance also provides access to a range of non-insurance capabilities, including AI-powered data analysis. The solution has been developed through a partnership with ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty hires new Head of Financial and Professional Lines
9th February 2021
Liberty Specialty Markets, a division of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Terry FitzGerald to the newly created role of Divisional Head of Financial and Professional Lines. Fitzgerald will report to Chief Underwriting Officer, Melanie O’Neill who has recently been promoted. He has strategic oversight of the London business which covers financial ... Read the full article
Liberty (LSM) launches terrorism coverage for SME sector in Germany
20th January 2021
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), a division of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has announced the launch of a new terrorism insurance coverage designed specifically for the SME sector in Germany. LSM entered the marketplace in 2018 as part of its strategy to extend its reach in Europe, and since then, business written ... Read the full article
Liberty (LSM) names Lesley Harding as Global Head of Energy
14th January 2021
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), a division of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has unveiled Lesley Harding as its new Global Head of Energy, effective immediately. Based in the company's London office, Harding reports to Michael Gosselin, Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), Specialty. In her new role, she takes on responsibility for the firm's global ... Read the full article
LSM promotes Aslam Rafique to new downstream energy role
2nd December 2020
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has announced the promotion of Shazia Aslam Rafique to the newly created role of Regional Product Line Manager – Downstream Energy for London, Europe and Dubai. She reports to Michael Gosselin, Chief Underwriting Officer, Specialty in her London and Europe role ... Read the full article
LSM promotes Ronald Bolaños to president of US, LatAm
22nd October 2020
Liberty Specialty Markets has announced the promotion of Ronald Bolaños to President, US & Latin America. The role encompasses specialty insurance and facultative reinsurance and will see Bolaños overseeing the growth of LSM’s footprint across the region. He has 20 years’ experience in the re/insurance industry, having joined Liberty in 2012. Previously, he ... Read the full article
LSM adds Mandy Macqueen as Chief Digital Transformation Officer
20th October 2020
Liberty Specialty Markets has appointed Mandy Macqueen to the newly created role of Chief Digital Transformation Officer. Mandy brings many years’ experience in major IT and change roles, both in-house and as a consultant. These include managing large IT departments in financial services, including legal and compliance and retail and corporate banking. Macqueen joins ... Read the full article
LSM names Underwriting Manager for Affinity & Program Business
16th October 2020
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has announced the appointment of Valérie Baucher to the newly created role of Underwriting Manager Affinity and Program Business for Europe. Baucher will be responsible for the underwriting performance and governance in LSM’s new Affinity and Program Business (A&PB) model and ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty Markets adds Pierre-Édouard Fraigneau as CUO for Europe
1st September 2020
Liberty Specialty Markets, part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Pierre-Édouard Fraigneau to the newly-created role of Chief Underwriting Officer, Europe. Fraigneau joins from Sanlam where he held the position of Commercial Lines Director and Member of the Executive Committee, Pan Africa. He has over 17 years of underwriting and leadership ... Read the full article
Liberty Specialty Markets adds two underwriters to Casualty team
25th August 2020
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), a division of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has announced the appointments of Jonathan Powell and David Bramall as underwriters within its Casualty team, effective immediately. Powell joins LSM as Senior Underwriter for the US book of business, and will report to Phil Stephenson, Senior Underwriter, Excess Casualty. He ... Read the full article
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