Liberty Mutual Absorbs $800 Million in Catastrophe Losses in Q3

November 11, 2008

  • November 11, 2008 at 11:03 am
    Liberty Insider says:
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    It couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of hypocrites. Their “responsibility” commercials are a joke. Totally undisciplined, the will be a B+ company within 3 years.

  • November 11, 2008 at 1:35 am
    DES says:
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    …but there’s always a government bail-out for the big guys. Railroads, airlines, Wall Street, and now AIG; and maybe Liberty Mutual in the future. Where’s the bail-out for the organization in the middle or at the bottom or the consumer who ends up paying for it all??

  • November 11, 2008 at 1:39 am
    responsible one says:
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    B+ in three years. Fat chance.

    They are helping me lead a safer more secure life. Check out the results being brought in for personal markets. Responsible people gravitate to this company.

  • November 11, 2008 at 1:43 am
    Sales Guy says:
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    No worries guys, I guarantee you Liberty will be around long after the dust settles. As to insuder you sound like a disgruntled insider. As to discipline you must be joking Liberty Mutual has shown one of the most disciplined approaches on commercial insurane not buying market share like competitors. If you are looking for the government bailout money go look at the publicly traded carriers

  • November 11, 2008 at 1:47 am
    Bluemax says:
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    It is capitalism when things are good and now I think we shall be socialists when things are bad. Where is the dis- incentive to be a good steward? Any company traded on the exchange has the risks borne by the stockholders not the taxpayers. One more freedom being diluted. And all of this is who’s fault? No political responses needed.

  • November 11, 2008 at 1:52 am
    joe says:
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    Bluemax,

    Liberty Mutual is not traded on an exchange. It is a mutual insurance company. Hence the name Liberty MUTUAL. That means not a public company, not stock, not traded.

  • November 11, 2008 at 1:54 am
    Ex-Lib due to ethical conflict says:
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    Liberty does have a number of flack-specialists assigned to IJ and similar sites to keep the lid on their problems with phony testimonials as we see here.

    Under-paying their children’s crusade workers comp adjusters leverages them to erode market discipline and destabilize and dumb down the entire market. And, transparency is a major issue with these mutual carriers, especially with those toxic securities lurking about. What did Tobias say: Self-perpetuating hierarchies accountable to no one?

    Gee, Chubb just went through the last quarter, Hurricane Ike and all, with a $264 million profit. Which company do you think is better security for your clients?

    What is that ethical conflict mentioned above? Direct writing does not allow the sales rep to do the best job for his client. If a sales rep, become an agent. If a buyer, get an agent. Duh!!

    And don’t roll out that disgruntlement cliche. Employees often do know better than their companies, especially the criminal cliques that run so many of them. Disgruntle this!

  • November 11, 2008 at 1:55 am
    Bluemax says:
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    I am well aware of the difference as I represent both kinds of companies. This was a general comment about all stock traded businesses and not mutual companies.

  • November 11, 2008 at 2:30 am
    Bill says:
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    Quote of the day from a fund manager: ‘This is worse than a divorce… I’ve lost half of my net worth and I still have my wife.’
    The bailout, a different perspective: Back in 1990, the US Government seized the Mustang Ranch brothel in Nevada for tax evasion and, as required by law, tried to run it. They failed and it closed. Now we are trusting the economy of our country to a pack of nit-wit, numb nuts who couldn’t make money running a wh**re house and selling booze!

  • November 11, 2008 at 2:40 am
    Moulder says:
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    No truth to the fact that there’s less transparancy with Mutuals. That’s just an uninformed opinion.

    Chubb showed positive 3rd quarter earnings, but they were also down signficantly and they’ve since revised their ’08 profit outlook.

    There’s no reason to think this company would have any need to be bailed out. In fact, stacked up against other carrier’s 3rd quarter results (even with several of them getting cash infusions), they’re sitting in a relatively envious position.

    The truth is out there…..



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