Liberty Specialty Markets

30 staff to be cut as part of Quinn buyout

Thirty additional staff are set to lose their jobs at Quinn Insurance after a joint venture between Liberty Mutual and Anglo Irish Bank was confirmed as the preferred buyer for the business.

Interview: MDS

Jose Manuel Dias da Fonseca, president of Portuguese broker MDS, chairman of broking network Brokers Link and a non-exec director of Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford, answers Insurance Insight’s questions.

Liberty Mutual Europe opens two UK offices

Following its recent decision to push into commercial lines mid-markets, Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe has announced it is to open two new offices in Birmingham and London.

LMIE aims for slice of mid-corp market

Liberty Mutual insurance Europe is targeting rivals Ace and Chubb for a larger slice of the mid-corporate market - a sector it believes will act as a “springboard” into the wider UK market.

Howden forms programme with Liberty

Howden Specialty Underwriters, Hyperion Insurance Group’s US general agent, and Liberty International Underwriters, the global specialty lines division of Liberty Mutual Group, now offer a management liability insurance programme focused on private…

Speculation rife over Zurich's Quinn bid

Zurich has refused to comment on market speculation following reports that the Swiss insurer is the favourite to take Quinn Insurance out of administration.

Quinn process could take weeks

Quinn Insurance has confirmed that the sale of the company is continuing and that a number of formal offers have been lodged with Macquarie Bank.

LIU Europe grows its strategic assets team

Liberty International Underwriters in Europe, a division of Liberty Mutual Group, has added to its strategic assets division with the appointment of Michael Shen as senior underwriter.

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