Liberty Seguros is an international subsidiary of
Liberty Mutual Group, a
Boston-based
insurance company.
Sponsorships
Liberty Seguros sponsored the
UCI ProTour cycling team
A cycling team is a group of cycle sport, cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle racing, bicycle races whether amateur or professional – and the supporting personnel. Cycling teams are most important i ...
,
Liberty Seguros – Würth
ONCE cycling team, () also known as Liberty Seguros, Liberty Seguros–Würth and in succession in its final year, Astana–Würth and Astana was a Spanish cycling team. It competed in the UCI ProTour circuit.
On 25 May 2006, Liberty Mutual ("s ...
, but dropped the sponsorship on 25 May 2006 due to the
Operación Puerto doping case
Operación Puerto (''Operation Mountain Pass'') is the code name of a still unfinished Spanish Police operation against the pro sports doping network of Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes. It started in May 2006, which resulted in a scandal that involved se ...
, involving the team manager
Manolo Saiz. They also sponsored a smaller
continental cycling team based in
Portugal, but dropped the sponsorship for this also in September 2009, when three members of the team failed drugs tests simultaneously.
Liberty Seguros in Brazil was a sponsor of the
2014 FIFA World Cup
The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting ri ...
.
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Financial services companies established in 2001
Insurance companies of Spain
Insurance companies of Portugal
Insurance companies of Brazil
Liberty Mutual
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