Liberty Mutual launches global infrastructure solutions practice
Liberty Mutual has launched a new Infrastructure Solutions practice to deliver comprehensive solutions that clients need to build and operate complex infrastructure projects.
The Infrastructure Solutions practice will encompass construction through physical, digital and energy projects, as well as other large civil and technical construction work. Global Risk Solutions, Liberty’s global commercial, specialty insurance, reinsurance and international personal lines arm, is positioned to meet this demand, currently serving 80 of the top 100 ENR contractors.
Liberty has created and appointed two senior leadership positions:
- Douglas Schrift – Global Head of Infrastructure. Douglas will lead the new practice, serving as its external face with brokers and clients and driving account-level strategies across product lines. He brings more than 25 years of executive experience across contractor, brokerage, and carrier roles to advance performance security solutions in the construction industry, most recently as chief underwriting officer, Subcontractor Default Insurance, Liberty Mutual Surety.
- Manuela Baroncini – Global Technical Lines Leader. Manuela will guide Liberty’s specialized energy and construction underwriting globally, with a focus on first-party property and builder’s risk coverage. A mechanical engineer with more than 20 years of experience, she was previously global head of engineering and construction at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, leading their portfolio and growth strategy, including renewable energy.
“We are at a pivotal moment in global infrastructure, and Liberty is uniquely positioned – with scale, breadth and underwriting specialization – to stand with clients on their most complex, long-term projects. With Infrastructure Solutions and this talented leadership team, we are mobilizing to lead globally in infrastructure risk management.” – Neeti Bhalla Johnson, president of GRS.
