Liberty Specialty Markets announces London Specialty Business senior appointments
Authored by Liberty Specialty Markets
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, announces changes to its London Specialty Business. Paul Beattie has been appointed Global Head of War and Terrorism. Beattie is based in London and takes up the role with immediate effect.
Beattie takes up this new responsibility in addition to his existing role, Head of Underwriting – Marine Niche Products. He will be responsible for growing the book of business by differentiating LSM’s offering for the benefit of its brokers and clients. He will continue to report to Mike Burle who held the role previously. Burle was recently appointed Deputy Active Underwriter in addition to his role of Head of Marine Division.
Commenting on Beattie’s appointment Mike Burle, said: “LSM is a long-standing insurer of Marine business with a global portfolio of risks across a broad section of the industry. Paul has been instrumental in building the war and terrorism portfolio into one of the most valuable in the global marketplace. His knowledge, experience and profile in the market are ideal to lead our global proposition going forward.”
Beattie joined LSM in October 2012 as Underwriting Manager. He has over twenty years of experience underwriting War and Terrorism risks.
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Liberty Specialty Markets offers specialty and commercial insurance and reinsurance products across key UK, European, Middle East, US and other international locations.
We provide brokers and insureds with a broad range of products through both the Company and Lloyd’s markets and have over 1,700 staff in approximately 65 offices. Liberty Specialty Markets was established in September 2013 bringing together Liberty’s company, syndicate and reinsurance operations into one combined operation, composed of three business units: Commercial, Specialty, and Reinsurance (Liberty Mutual Re). This integrated approach means brokers and clients can benefit from our global reach and operating efficiencies.
Liberty Specialty Markets is part of global insurer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, a diversified global insurer, formed in 1912 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Liberty Mutual is the 5th largest global insurer based on 2017 gross written premium, with over 50,000 employees in 30 countries and economies around the world. Our purpose is to help people embrace today and confidently pursue tomorrow. The promise we make to our customers throughout the world is to provide protection for the unexpected, delivered with care. We achieve this by offering a full range of personal, commercial, and specialty Property & Casualty insurance coverages. Our customers’ trust has earned us the 68th spot on the Fortune 100 list of largest corporations in the U.S., based on 2017 revenue.