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Court Orders Justice Family Coal Companies to Pay $1M to Liberty Mutual Unit

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Court Orders Justice Family Coal Companies to Pay $1M to Liberty Mutual Unit

A federal judge has ordered coal companies owned by the family of U.S. Sen. Jim Justice to cough up more than $1 million in unpaid workers’ compensation premiums owed to a Liberty Mutual company—five years after an audit showed the employers had underpaid premiums. Justice, the former governor of West Virginia and a longtime coal […]

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Markel Int’l Taps AXIS’ Howell as Senior War and Terrorism Underwriter; Tokio Marine Kiln Appoints Jackson From Liberty as Cyber Underwriter

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Markel Int’l Taps AXIS’ Howell as Senior War and Terrorism Underwriter; Tokio Marine Kiln Appoints Jackson From Liberty as Cyber Underwriter

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Markel Insurance and Tokio Marine Kiln. A summary of these new hires follows here. Markel Int’l Taps AXIS’ Howell as Senior War and Terrorism Underwriter Markel Insurance, the insurance operation within Markel Group Inc., announced the appointment of James Howell as senior war and terrorism underwriter,

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Howden Taps Former Gallagher Exec Strickland to Launch Space Insurance Practice; Liberty Promotes Groenen to Head of Portfolio Solutions, Europe

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Aon Commercial Risk Promotes Smaje as Specialty Leader, Transportation & Logistics; MGA Optio Names Deloitte’s Hallett Head of Insurer Partnerships

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Howden and Liberty Speciality Markets. A summary of these new hires follows here. Howden Taps Former Gallagher Exec Strickland to Launch Space Insurance Practice Howden, the London-based insurance intermediary group, has established a new dedicated space insurance capability led by industry veteran Clive Strickland. Howden said

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Chubb, The Hartford, Liberty and Travelers Team Up on Surety Tech Launch

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Chubb, The Hartford, Liberty and Travelers Team Up on Surety Tech Launch

Four surety companies—Chubb, The Hartford, Liberty Mutual and Travelers—announced the launch of a technology company that will feature a shared digital infrastructure to advance the surety industry. According to a brief media statement, the formation of SuretyBind, LLC, will initially focus on two initiatives: Creating a data transmission platform that connects sureties, brokers, and other

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Westfield Specialty International Taps Zurich’s Watson to Lead New Cyber Offering; Liberty Names Delvos From Corvus as Head of Cyber and Tech E&O, Europe

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Aon Commercial Risk Promotes Smaje as Specialty Leader, Transportation & Logistics; MGA Optio Names Deloitte’s Hallett Head of Insurer Partnerships

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Westfield Specialty International and Liberty Specialty Markets. A summary of these new hires follows here. Westfield Specialty Int’l Taps Zurich’s Watson to Lead New Cyber Offering Westfield Specialty International has named Ben Watson as class underwriter to lead its newly launched cyber team, which will start

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Liberty Mutual Improves Most Among Nationals; Discipline Tested

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Liberty Mutual Improves Most Among Nationals; Discipline Tested

A Carrier Management summary of earnings metrics for the year so far reveals a second-quarter average combined ratio of roughly 88, and a year-to-date ratio of just under 92 for a cohort of 27 insurers. Among the group, made up of carriers who reported their results publicly via press releases or conference calls, two-thirds had

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Liberty Mutual Re, Safehub Launch Parametric EQ Insurance Cover

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Liberty Mutual Re, Safehub Launch Parametric EQ Insurance Cover

Liberty Mutual Reinsurance (LM Re) and Safehub, a provider of seismic sensor and risk management technology, announced the launch of an earthquake parametric insurance solution, called “ShakeNet Parametric.” With capacity provided by LM Re and is triggered by the highest-resolution regional shaking data available globally, provided by Safehub. At the core of this product is

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Montoya Joins Liberty Naranjo as VP, Producer; Alliant Human Capital Names Chalmers SVP

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Montoya Joins Liberty Naranjo as VP, Producer; Alliant Human Capital Names Chalmers SVP

Montoya Joins Liberty Naranjo as VP, Producer Brittany Montoya The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers (Liberty), headquartered in Gainesville, Florida, named Brittany Montoya vice president and producer at Liberty Naranjo, Liberty’s high-growth Northern California office led by Managing Partners Jonathan Naranjo and Michael Naranjo. Based in Las Vegas, she is focused on providing comprehensive commercial insurance

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