Liberty Specialty Markets appoints Marleen Lemmens as European COO
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has announced that Marleen Lemmens has joined the company as European Chief Operating Officer, based in The Netherlands. Marleen reports to Kadidja Sinz, Head of Europe and Kirk Maddern, Chief Operating Officer, LSM.
The new role was created as part of the structure of LSM’s continental Europe region as it continues its substantial growth plans. Marleen takes up the role with immediate effect. She will be responsible for overseeing LSM’s operations in continental Europe including LSM’s Dublin-based Centre of Excellence, a processing centre designed to optimise business processing and ensure a consistent service to brokers across the region.
“Marleen brings over 20 years of experience working both for insurers and brokers across Europe. She will be involved in developing digital initiatives to meet client and broker needs in the region. Marleen’s experience in customer service and her multi-cultural approach is a key asset for our team as we grow to meet our aspiration to be a leading specialist player in Europe,” commented Kadidja Sinz, Head of Europe at LSM.
Lemmens joins LSM from Aon Netherlands where she held the role of Chief Transformation Officer/Chief Operating Officer. During her career in the Financial Services industry she has held client-facing and sales roles in banking, insurance and consultancy. She has an in-depth knowledge of Operations, Risk, Audit and Compliance and has a broad interest in transformation and restructuring programs.
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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.