Gerard van Loon to head up LIU’s Continental European market division
Liberty International Underwriters (LIU) has announced the appointment of Gerard van Loon to the new position of Managing Director, Continental European operations.
In a statement Liberty said that Van Loon will be responsible for developing and implementing the overall strategic direction of LIU’s specialty lines business in its continental European branches as well as continuing to manage the London based D&O and Financial Institutions product lines. He has also been appointed to the Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe board in London.
Van Loon will report to Sean Rocks, LIU’s Chief Executive Officer in Europe. He joined Liberty in 2001 as a D&O Underwriting Manager and was latterly Senior Vice President for D&O and Financial Institutions. Prior to Liberty, he held a variety of underwriting roles with AXA and UAP.
Commenting on van Loon’s appointment, Rocks said: "This appointment supports our strategy of significantly expanding our operations in Continental Europe and recognises Gerard van Loon’s significant contribution to Liberty’s European development thus far.
"I am confident that with Gerard’s extensive management and European market experience, together with our talented branch staff and product expertise, we are well positioned to achieve our long term growth plans in this market sector."
