‘These changes are designed to help us deliver our strategic objectives in a more streamlined manner,’ says the UK and MENA president
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM) has created a single third-party division for its UK, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) operations, bringing together its financial and professional (FinPro) and casualty lines.
The move, announced today (11 September 2025), formed part of the next stage of LSM’s organisational restructure aimed at aligning underwriting divisions more closely with broker and client needs.
Terry Fitzgerald has been appointed divisional director of the new unit. He will oversee the combined FinPro and casualty portfolios, delivering what LSM called an “integrated business unit approach” to third-party and long-tail lines.
Fitzgerald, who joined Liberty in 2021, previously led the FinPro portfolio. Emma Pearce will support him as head of FinPro, with Daniel Munro as head of casualty and Niamh Moloney continuing as general manager of insurance in Ireland.
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Stuart Sutherland, formerly head of liability lines, has assumed the role of director of UK retail, alongside Dermot Walsh. In this position, Sutherland will be responsible for driving LSM’s leadership proposition in the UK retail market across commercial products, reporting to Henry Nelson, chief underwriting officer for the UK and MENA region.
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In its marine and aviation division, Chris Hicks has been promoted to head of marine, while Miles Taffs becomes interim head of aviation. Both will report to Meghan Walker, divisional director of marine and aviation.
Luis Prato, president of LSM’s UK and MENA region, said the changes were designed to “provide greater alignment with our brokers and clients”.
He added: “By providing greater alignment with our brokers and clients, we can do business more effectively and increase our speed to market.”
Nelson said the restructure underpinned the roll-out of LSM’s integrated business unit model, which joins underwriting with claims, operations, finance and portfolio management.
He added: “It is a proud day to see so much talent moving up. It is testament to the quality of our underwriting organisation.”
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