BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To support its strategy of becoming a lead market for large, complex global property risks, Liberty Mutual’s National Accounts Property unit has expanded its divisional structure and added five underwriters.

National Accounts Property provides ground-up, shared and layered, inland marine and equipment breakdown coverages. It offers large capacity, global capabilities – including the ability to issue local policies in more than 150 countries – and one of the most advanced property risk engineering teams in the industry.

“We grew from three to four underwriting divisions in order to bring our expertise and authority closer to agents and brokers, and their customers,” notes Mike Martin, executive vice president and general manager, National Accounts Property. “And we further strengthened that expertise by adding five underwriters.”

Those underwriters include:

• Ralph Botti, senior underwriter manager, Northeast Region. Ralph will underwrite ground-up and shared and layered accounts, and will help expand National Accounts Property’s presence in the Northeast. He has more than 38 years of experience with Liberty Mutual.
• Rick Friedl, division underwriting manager, Northeast Region. Rick is responsible for National Accounts Property’s growth in the Northeast. He has 35 years of experience in commercial insurance underwriting, risk engineering, account management, and marketing, and as a broker – most recently with Howden Broking Group.
• Alice Hu, director, Northeast Region. Alice will help drive National Accounts Property’s growth in New York. She has five years of experience, most recently with Swiss Re, in underwriting shared and layered business as well as single carrier global fronted programs.
• Greg Huml, senior underwriting manager, Central Division. Greg will support complex global property risks in the central region. He has more than 30 years of experience underwriting large account property business. Prior to joining Liberty Mutual, he held various underwriting and engineering positions, most recently with XL Insurance.
• Todd Reed, managing director, Property Underwriting. Todd is responsible for distribution strategy for National Accounts Property. He will work with internal and external resources to develop the product set, support services and underwriting resources necessary for the operation to becoming a lead market for large, complex global property risks. Todd has more than 30 years of experience underwriting and managing property underwriters at Liberty Mutual.

More information on National Accounts Property can be found at http://www.libertymutualgroup.com/business-insurance/business-insurance-coverages/property-insurance

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