Liberty IT Launches New Premises on 10th Anniversary of Operations in Belfast

September 26, 2007

Visiting Northern Ireland specifically for the event, Mr. Edmund F. Kelly, Chairman, President and CEO, Liberty Mutual Group said: "We mark this anniversary and opening of LIT's impressive new building with a sense of accomplishment as well as a deep appreciation for the city of Belfast, and its government, business leaders and institutions. Simply put, Belfast is a good place to do business. The city possesses a strong talent pool, solid work ethic, excellent educational system and an environment that is welcoming to business. I also want to express my gratitude to LIT's management and employees, whose dedicated efforts make this operation a vital contributor to the Liberty Mutual Group."

LIT currently employs 240 staff and provides a wide range of software application development and related information technology services to Liberty Mutual's four strategic business units: Personal Markets, Commercial Markets, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets and International.

Liberty IT also currently provides Liberty Mutual with a diverse range of value-added services beyond its core software development activities, including business analysis, infrastructure engineering, information management, automated system verification, automated performance and load testing.

Welcoming the official opening of the new premises, Northern Ireland's Economy Minister Nigel Dodds said: "The future prosperity of Northern Ireland rests on our ability to create and sustain a high value added, internationally competitive, export led economy.
Liberty IT has certainly contributed to this goal in the 10 years it has been operational in Belfast and I hope that this world class firm continues to develop its partnership with Invest NI as it looks to future opportunities and successes at its new Northern Ireland centre."

Also speaking at the event, Willie Hamilton, Managing Director, Liberty Information Technology said: "This is a very exciting time for us as we are celebrating the successes and key milestones of the last ten years and settling into new premises which will support the extended growth of LIT. This substantial investment by our parent group, Liberty Mutual, is enabling us to focus on a range of new initiatives which will assist in the expansion of our product offering, develop our capabilities within IT and share our technical expertise with our parent company and ultimately grow the company beyond 300 employees by 2010."