Liberty Mutual Insurance has appointed Kevin Smith as president of Global Risk Solutions North America.

Reporting to GRS president Neeti Bhalla Johnson, Mr Smith will be accountable for delivering GRS North America's financial and operational performance, which includes commercial and specialty businesses in the US, Canada and Bermuda and operates across major accounts, middle market and specialty segments.

Mr Smith has more than 30 years of experience across property, casualty and specialty insurance, most recently as president and chief operating officer of CNA's specialty business. Previously he held leadership roles in underwriting, marketing and field operations at Chubb North America.

"Kevin's extensive background and leadership skills uniquely qualify him to accelerate our transformation to deliver consistent underwriting profitability and leverage the full global capabilities of Liberty Mutual to solve our clients' and broker partners' risk needs across North America," said Ms Bhalla Johnson.