Liberty International Underwriters Broadens Construction Capabilities

Hires Tim Kania to manage construction practice for North and South America
NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Liberty International Underwriters - a division of Liberty Mutual Group - has
named Tim Kania as senior vice president of construction for its North and South
America operations.

"One of the key initiatives for our U.S. operations for 2009 and beyond is to
write more construction business, especially energy-related projects," said
David Cohen, president of Liberty International Underwriters U.S. "While we
already have a leading capacity for construction and energy risks, Tim will work
with brokers to further expand the classes of business we write, helping brokers
place a wider range of their clients` business."

An insurance executive for more than 20 years, Kania is a licensed professional
engineer with the hands-on experience to understand exactly what clients deal
with on their projects. His experience and technical approach help him develop
programs and underwriting protocols that realistically address clients` needs.

"Tim is working in conjunction with our Marine, Energy and Construction units to
bring creative solutions to the market driven off the existing relationships we
have on our current Energy portfolio," Anthony Carroll, executive vice president
for first party lines at Liberty International Underwriters.

Working with the LIU construction team, Kania will focus on the Energy and Heavy
Industries segments as well as Construction-All-Risk projects.

"There is not just one way or one right answer to help solve an insured`s
coverage needs," said Kania. "You have to keep an open mind, and that`s what we
do at LIU. Brokers and their clients benefit from our underwriters` engineering
expertise and we respond in a timely fashion with an appropriate solution that
addresses the technical aspects of a project."

Brokers can contact Tim Kania at 212-208-9554 or via e-mail at
timothy.kania@libertyiu.com.

LIU (www.liu-usa.com) provides specialty commercial lines of insurance
worldwide, including casualty, specialty casualty, global crisis management,
marine energy, engineering and reinsurance, distributed exclusively through the
independent broker network.

About Liberty Mutual Group

Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group is a diversified global insurer and fifth
largest property and casualty insurer in the U.S. based on 2008 direct written
premium. The Company also ranks 86th on the Fortune 500 list of largest
corporations in the U.S. based on 2008 revenue. As of December 31, 2008, Liberty
Mutual Group had $104.3 billion in consolidated assets, $94.2 billion in
consolidated liabilities and $28.9 billion in annual consolidated revenue.

Liberty Mutual Group offers a wide range of insurance products and services,
including personal automobile, homeowners, workers compensation, commercial
multiple peril, commercial automobile, general liability, global specialty,
group disability, assumed reinsurance, fire and surety.

Liberty Mutual Group (www.libertymutualgroup.com) employs over 45,000 people in
more than 900 offices throughout the world.

Liberty International Underwriters
Adrianne Kaufmann, 617-574-5983
Adrianne.kaufmann@libertymutual.com

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