Liberty Specialty reshuffles senior management

Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has reshuffled its senior management team.

Matthew Moore, currently CUO of specialty and reinsurance, will become group CUO. He will retain his role as CUO of specialty, but with the additional support of Peter Smith, who becomes active underwriter of Syndicate 4472.

Alan Telford, currently LSM’s chief underwriting officer (CUO), financial lines, has been appointed as CUO of LSM’s commercial division. He succeeds Sean Rocks from April 2015. Dieter Winkel has been appointed CUO of reinsurance.

Nick Metcalf, president and chief executive officer, said: “These appointments will enable us to remain at the very forefront of our markets. Our aim is to ensure we are best organised for the company’s future prosperity. The fact that these are all internal appointments demonstrates the depth of our underwriting and leadership talent, highlighting the breadth of opportunities within LSM and the wider Liberty Group.

“Sean has been instrumental in the success of Liberty’s London company market platform, its development and its continuous profitability over the last 18 years. I want to thank him for this success, his hard work, his loyalty, and his help driving through the integration of the new Liberty specialty markets organisation. I am also delighted that Sean will continue to support me and the LSM management team in developing our international network offices after he steps down from his current role in October.”