Liberty Specialty Markets expands casualty underwriting team
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed two underwriters to its Casualty team.
Jonathan Powell joins as Senior Underwriter for the US book of business, reporting to Phil Stephenson, Senior Underwriter – Excess Casualty. David Bramall joins as Underwriting Manager for the UK book of business, reporting to Dan Munro, Liability Underwriting Manager. Both take up their new roles with immediate effect.
Stuart Sutherland, Head of Liability Lines at Liberty Specialty Markets, said: “As part of our focus on further enhancing our Casualty team we’ve brought in Jonathan and David, both experienced in managing existing portfolios and identifying new opportunities. They have developed excellent relationships with their brokers over the years. We welcome them both to our team as we work with our broker partners to support clients through these challenging times.”
Jonathan Powell has worked in the London insurance market for over 12 years in both the Lloyd’s and company market. He joins from Aspen, where he was Senior Casualty Underwriter.
David Bramall was formerly the Lead Underwriter for UK Casualty at MS Amlin for just under three years, previously leading the Marsh National Corporate and RMP Casualty broking teams. He brings over 22 years’ experience in the London and regional UK market.
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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.