LIberty Mutual News

Liberty Mutual Posts Q2 Loss of $585M Driven By Catastrophes

Liberty Mutual Holding Co. reported a second-quarter net loss of $585 million, driven by catastrophe losses of about $2.27 billion. Tim Sweeney, president and CEO, said weather losses were primarily from widespread wind and hail events in Texas, Oklahoma, and …

Liberty Mutual to Stop Offering Business Owner’s Policy In California As Costs Bite

Property and casualty insurer Liberty Mutual will stop offering its business owner’s policy (BOP) product in wildfire-prone state California from Oct. 1, in a sign that cost inflation and higher catastrophe losses are pounding insurers’ profits. A spokesperson for Liberty …

Generali Agrees to Acquire Liberty Mutual’s European Units for $2.5 Billion

Assicurazioni Generali SpA has agreed to acquire a group of European businesses from US insurer Liberty Mutual Holding Co. for €2.3 billion ($2.5 billion), as part of its plan to expand in non-life insurance. Liberty Mutual announced the sale of …

Women Still Underrepresented in Agency Leadership: Survey

A new report showed that while more agencies have at least one woman in leadership, men still outnumber women in leadership two to one. Women make up more than half of all employees in insurance agencies, but less than one-third …

Liberty Mutual Tackling U.S. Personal Lines Challenges

The story of U.S. personal lines challenges impacting the results of multiline insurers was repeated for Liberty Mutual, which reported underwriting losses and waning policy growth in the segment in 2022. President and Chief Executive Officer Tim Sweeney reported overall …

Liberty Mutual Launches Global Cyber Office to Better Manage Complex Cyber Risks

Liberty Mutual Insurance announced the formation of a Global Risk Solutions (GRS) Global Cyber Office and the appointment of a leadership team consisting of industry experts. The office aims to build and scale Liberty Mutual’s cyber capabilities around the world, …

People Moves: Liberty Mutual Hires Larson From CNA; Markel Names Gendron CFO; Chaplick Joins Risk Strategies

Liberty Mutual Appoints Larson President, Financial Lines Liberty Mutual Insurance has appointed Paul Larson as president, financial lines for its Global Risk Solutions (GRS) North America division. Before joining Liberty Mutual, Larson led financial lines at CNA Financial and served …

People Moves: Promotions at Liberty Mutual Commercial Unity; New CEO at Ategrity

Liberty Mutual Insurance Appoints Sutton and Archambault to Key Leadership Roles in its North American Commercial Insurance Business Unit Liberty Mutual Insurance has appointed Meg Sutton as chief operating officer for Global Risk Solutions North America and Taylor Archambault as …

Activists Say They’ll Continue to Call out Liberty Mutual for Fossil Fuels

Right after Tim Sweeney took the helm as Liberty Mutual’s CEO, a group of activists hosted a demonstration asking the him to “pick fossil fuels or Boston” by prioritizing climate policies to mitigate risk and protect the city of Boston …

Proposed Class Action Alleges Liberty Mutual Website Violates Pennsylvania Law

Liberty Mutual Insurance is the target of a proposed class action alleging that the company uses spyware on its website that violates Pennsylvania’s electronic surveillance law. The suit claims the company uses “session replay” spyware, namely Clicktale and Datadog, to …