September 09, 2014 - Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has added eight new underwriters to its U.S. Excess Casualty Division to give brokers broader access to the LIU products and services that will help brokers grow and sustain their business.
LIU is a recognized leader in the excess casualty market, with established underwriting teams in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Puerto Rico, San Francisco, as well as Canada, Europe and Asia.
“Our new staff brings added skill and expertise to the LIU Excess Casualty team, allowing brokers to submit a higher volume of business nationwide,” said Peter Clauson, senior vice president and manager of LIU’s Excess Casualty operation. “Brokers value LIU underwriters for their thoughtful insights, flexibility, superior service and willingness to find successful outcomes. By fortifying our underwriting platform, we give brokers the increased support and access they, and their clients, need.”
The new Excess Casualty team members bring many decades of collective experience in excess, umbrella, and casualty underwriting:
- In Atlanta, Beth Tingle, underwriting specialist;
- In Chicago, Michael Bachman, assistant vice president;
- In Dallas, Kurt Buttner, vice president; and Nancy Rynd, underwriting specialist;
- In Los Angeles, Noreen Cruz, assistant vice president; and Anita Paulos-Barker, underwriting specialist;
- In San Francisco, Michael Ishii, vice president; and Alisha Ford, underwriting specialist.
LIU’s U.S. Excess Casualty operation has a broad appetite for business across all of its casualty products – from local contractors to international manufacturers – with capacity of $25 million for lead umbrella and $50 million for excess liability.
For additional information, please contact Peter Clauson directly at 212-208-2891 or peter.clauson@libertyiu.com.
About Liberty Mutual Insurance
Liberty Mutual Insurance helps preserve and protect the things people earn and own and build and cherish. Keeping this promise means we are there when our policyholders throughout the world need us most.
In business since 1912, and headquartered in Boston, Mass., today Liberty Mutual is a diversified insurer with operations in 30 countries around the world. The company is the third largest property and casualty insurer in the U.S. based on 2013 direct premium written as reported by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Liberty Mutual is ranked 76th on the Fortune 100 list of largest corporations in the U.S. based on 2013 revenue.
As of December 31, 2013, Liberty Mutual Insurance had $121.2 billion in consolidated assets, $102.2 billion in consolidated liabilities, and $38.5 billion in annual consolidated revenue. Liberty employs more than 50,000 people in approximately 900 offices throughout the world, and we offer a wide range of insurance products and services, including personal automobile, homeowners, accident & health, commercial automobile, general liability, property, surety, workers compensation, group disability, group life, specialty lines, reinsurance, individual life and annuity products. You can learn more by visiting www.libertymutualinsurance.com.
Contact:
Adrianne Kaufmann
617-574-5983
Adrianne.kaufmann@libertymutual.com
