Liberty hires head of financial and professional lines from Allianz

Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Terry FitzGerald as divisional head of financial and professional lines. He joins the company from Allianz.

Based in London, LSM has created the new FinPro role following Melanie O’Neill's promotion to commercial chief underwriting officer (CUO) last year.

FitzGerald will have strategic oversight of the London FinPro book of business which covers financial institutions, directors & officers, professional indemnity and strategic assets cover, and includes business written in Bristol, Manchester and Dublin. He will work closely with his team of underwriting managers and the commercial CUO to further develop the FinPro books of business to build LSM’s market position.

FitzGerald was most recently UK head of D&O & financial institutions at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, where he was responsible for a portfolio of over €100 million GWP. He has over 20 years’ insurance and reinsurance experience.

O’Neill commented: “I am delighted to welcome Terry to the team. He brings a wealth of experience and his strengths of portfolio management, people management, formulating and executing strategies are pivotal to the success of this newly created role.”

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