Liberty Appoints Hampton as Casualty Reinsurance Underwriter

LONDON, July 24 -- Liberty Specialty Markets, a specialty and commercial insurance and reinsurance provider, which is a part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, issued the following news release:

Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Angus Hampton as Underwriter in the Casualty Reinsurance Division.

Angus will be based in LSM's London headquarters and report to Kevin Ritchie, Head of the London Casualty Reinsurance Division, and Shane Aldons, Underwriting Manager for International Casualty Reinsurance. He takes up his new role in late July.

Dieter Winkel, LSM's Chief Underwriting Office for Reinsurance, said: "Angus is a talented young underwriter with an excellent career ahead of him. He's a great example of the new generation of graduates that we've been successful in recruiting as we build Liberty's underwriting strength for the future."

Angus joins LSM from Ascot, where he has been an assistant underwriter since 2014. He entered the insurance industry as a member of Ascot's graduate recruitment programme in 2012.

LSM underwrites a broad portfolio of casualty reinsurance business globally from its London, Continental European and Latin American office. The team provides capacity predominantly on an excess of loss basis.