General Insurance Article - Liberty hires Esdaile for trade credit role

 Liberty International Underwriters Europe (LIU Europe), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Mark Esdaile as assistant vice president in the company’s trade credit and political risk team.

 With 10 years’ broking experience in the London insurance market, Mr. Esdaile takes up his new role immediately reporting to LIU Europe’s head of trade credit and political risk Matthew Woollam. Mr. Esdaile will be based at LIU Europe’s London headquarters in Minster Court.

 Mr. Woollam said: “Despite some fairly challenging market conditions, LIU Europe’s trade credit and political risk account has been growing well. We also expanded our presence in mainland Europe two years ago with a dedicated resource in our Paris office. It’s against this backdrop of managed expansion that we’ve appointed Mark to strengthen the team and give us some really valuable insights into the broking side of the market. We’re delighted to have him on board.”

 LIU Europe’s trade credit and political risk team underwrites trade and investment risks worldwide from its bases in London and Paris. Working with specialist brokers, the team focuses on industrial companies, commodity traders and financial institutions involved in emerging markets.