Liberty promotes Melanie O’Neill to Chief Underwriting Officer, Commercial
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has promoted Melanie O’Neill to the role of Chief Underwriting Officer for the business’s Commercial pillar.
Previously Head of Professional Lines, Mel takes up her new role with immediate effect. She replaces Alan Telford, who is retiring after 19 years with Liberty.
Phil Hobbs, Deputy Managing Director, Liberty Specialty Markets, said: “Mel’s appointment shows the calibre of our home-grown talent. She has been instrumental in delivering our strategy and demonstrating our values. She brings a huge supply of energy, ideas and leadership skill to the role of CUO. Her in-depth knowledge, experience and a straight-forward, collaborative style makes her a very welcome addition to our Senior Leadership Team.
“I’d also like to thank Alan Telford for his service and the commitment he’s shown to Liberty over the years. Mel will work closely with Alan to transition into her new role.”
Mel has over 30 years’ London market experience, beginning her insurance career in 1989 working for broker Nelson, Hurst & Marsh, which became part of Lockton. In 1994 she joined Brit Insurance as Professional Indemnity Underwriter, leaving in 2003 to take up the role of Senior Underwriter for Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe, now part of Liberty Specialty Markets.
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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.