Liberty Specialty Markets appoints Sarah Howell to new claims role
Authored by Liberty Specialty Markets
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Sarah Howell to the newly created role of Claims Manager – Open Market Specialty.
Howell is responsible for managing the Marine, Aviation, Energy, Property and Construction claims team, and reports to Gavin Coley, Head of Specialty Claims. She takes up the role with immediate effect and is based in London.
Gavin Coley said: “We are delighted to welcome Sarah back to a role which strengthens our management team. She is a highly regarded claims professional. We believe her experience and capability, aligned to the claims team she inherits, will continue to develop our claims proposition to support our clients at every stage of the relationship.”
Howell joins LSM from Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance where she was Head of Property Claims. She has over 16 years of experience in the industry in various technical and managerial roles including a role as Head of Syndicate Claims. She was previously at LSM for seven years.
About Liberty
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.