Liberty Specialty Markets named best home for female underwriting talent in market-leading report
Authored by Liberty Specialty Markets
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has welcomed the market-leading Gracechurch London’s Leading Underwriters Report 2022, which recognised LSM as the London Market carrier with the strongest female underwriting talent, including the highest number of influential female underwriters. In addition, Meghan Walker, Head of Aviation at LSM was ranked #2 of London’s Leading Female Underwriters 2022.
Liberty Specialty Markets was also recognised for being the fastest riser in terms of bench strength, with the number of underwriters mentioned rising by over 40% in 2022. LSM was also ranked #3 for London’s Bench Strength Leader 2022. The report is testament to LSM’s continued commitment to helping diverse talent develop and achieve the recognition it deserves.
“LSM has created a fantastic environment for women and minorities to develop their skills and talent, all in the security of a fair, inclusive and competitive workspace,” said Liberty Specialty Markets’ Chief Underwriting Officer - Commercial, Melanie O’Neill. “This is welcome recognition of the improvements we have made as a business, with diversity and inclusion a top priority of our senior leadership team.
“The policies we implemented have made our workplace more inclusive and are ultimately improving the quality of our underwriting, because we are attracting the finest talent regardless of their background. I am pleased this report has recognised our efforts today.”
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.