Liberty Specialty Markets appoints Head of Digital Strategy for Continental Europe

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Faulkner is responsible for driving digital strategy for underwriting in Europe in line with LSM’s long-term roadmap to deliver digital evolution across global markets.

Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, announced the appointment of Carl Faulkner to the newly-created role of Head of Digital Strategy for Continental Europe. Faulkner reports to Kadidja Sinz, Head of LSM Europe and Parul Kaul-Green, Chief Digital Strategy Officer, LSM. He is based in Paris and takes up the role with immediate effect.

The role is part of LSM’s recently established Digital Strategy function, which leads the global digital strategy for distribution, underwriting and digital products. Faulkner is responsible for driving digital strategy for underwriting in Europe in line with LSM’s long-term roadmap to deliver digital evolution across global markets. Based in Europe, Faulkner will be working to ensure LSM is serving its brokers and partners with outstanding digital customer journeys and solutions.

“We are thrilled to bring Carl on board to drive our digital strategy. His extensive experience in European markets will help to support LSM’s position as a digital market leader. We look forward to working together to continue servicing our brokers and partners with innovative technology solutions.” said Kadidja Sinz, Head of LSM Europe.

Parul Kaul-Green, Chief Digital Strategy Officer added: “We’re delighted to welcome Carl to LSM at this exciting time in our digital transformation. LSM is well-positioned in the market to deliver forward-thinking solutions and his wealth of experience will be a major asset.”

Faulkner joins LSM from BNP Paribas where he was Head of Digital for five years. During his career there, he held the roles of Distribution and Transformation Director in Japan and Head of Global Insurance E-Business in Paris. He has significant experience in the European insurance market, having led Chubb’s E-Commerce sales and distribution across 20 EMEA countries.