Latest QBE Headlines
All the headlines from our QBE Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pen Underwriting Builds on QBE Partnership with Irish P/C Capacity Deal
Nov 20 2017 // Pen Underwriting has extended its strategic relationship with QBE into the Republic of Ireland, with a new property & casualty capacity partnership in the highly specialist area of hazardous goods & environmental...
QBE North America Forms Alliance with MGA Professional Risk Facilities
Nov 1 2017 // QBE North America, an operating division of QBE Insurance Group Ltd., announced a strategic program underwriting alliance with managing general agent Professional Risk Facilities (PRF), designed to offer coverage for...
QBE North America Hires Keeping as NYC-Based Eastern Regional Executive
Oct 31 2017 // QBE North America, an operating division of QBE Group, has hired Matt Keeping as a regional executive in the Eastern region. In this role, Keeping will lead QBE’s go-to-market activities as an integrated specialist...
QBE Invests in, Links With, Machine Learning InsurTech Startup RiskGenius
Oct 31 2017 // QBE has signed a multi-year commercial use agreement with RiskGenius, a machine learning company that helps carriers, brokers and regulators analyze policy and endorsement language and aid in product development. The deal...
QBE Group CEO Neal to Exit; Regan to Succeed Him in January
Sep 13 2017 // QBE Insurance Group today announced that John Neal, Group chief executive officer, will be stepping down after five years in the role. The board of directors has appointed Patrick Regan, chief executive officer Australian...
QBE H1 Profits Rise 73% on Australia/N. Zealand Rate Hikes, N. America Growth
Aug 21 2017 // QBE reported a healthy profit hike during first half of 2017, despite heightened claims activity in its Emerging Markets’ division, which reported a combined ratio of 110.8 percent. This poor performance has led to...
QBE Appoints Chubb’s Kurinsky as Malaysia CEO
Aug 11 2017 // QBE has appointed Chris Kurinsky as chief executive officer, QBE Insurance (Malaysia) Berhad. In this role, Kurinsky will be responsible for QBE’s business across Malaysia. He will continue to drive the profitable...
Alternative to Insurtech or Legacy Tech for Small Commercial: Introducing QBE, Arrowhead Partnership
Aug 10 2017 // When it was announced in June that San Diego, Calif.-based Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. was selected as the program administrator for QBE North America‘s small commercial insurance portfolio, it...
QBE Chile Completes Management Buyout; Rebrands as ‘Unnio’
Jun 30 2017 // QBE Chile Seguros Generales S.A. has completed a management buyout by purchasing the company in May 2017 from QBE Latin America Insurance Holdings. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Following the...
QBE Warns Emerging Markets’ Division Hit by Higher Claims
Jun 21 2017 // Sydney-based QBE announced that its Emerging Markets’ division has experienced “significantly higher than expected claims activity during the first five months of the year.” As a result, this division is...
QBE, Arrowhead Partner on Small Commercial Insurance Program
Jun 8 2017 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency has been selected as the program administrator for QBE North America’s small commercial insurance portfolio, consisting of property and casualty business accounts under $100,000 in...
QBE Taps Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s Ford as Group CFO
May 26 2017 // QBE Insurance Group Ltd. has appointed Michael Ford as group chief financial officer. Ford is currently the deputy CFO for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). He joined the bank in 2005 and held a number of senior...
People – West
May 15 2017 // Burns & Wilcox Brokerage named Susanne M. Waite vice president and senior broker in its San Francisco, Calif., office. Waite has more than 30 years of experience in insurance, with 14 years in wholesale. Waite...
QBE North America Names Blanco Senior Vice President in California
May 3 2017 // QBE North America has named Marcia Blanco as senior vice president an Western region specialty underwriting engagement leader. She is based in San Francisco, Calif. Blanco will report to Jeff Grange, president of specialty...
QBE to Move European HQ from London to Continent After Brexit
May 3 2017 // QBE Insurance Group will move its European base from London to the continent because of uncertainty in accessing the European market after Brexit, the chairman of Australia’s largest international insurer said on...
QBE Australia & New Zealand Names Prudential Plc’s Baxter as CRO
May 2 2017 // QBE Australia and New Zealand announced that Mark Baxter has been appointed to the position of chief risk officer. Baxter has recently returned from the UK where he was Prudential’s chief risk officer for the UK and...
People – Southeast
May 1 2017 // Scott Gunter has been appointed senior vice president, Chubb Group, and division president, North America Commercial Insurance. In his new role, Gunter will have executive operating responsibility for the retail commercial...
Sompo International Taps QBE’s Sordillo as Sr. VP, Loss Control Leader
Apr 17 2017 // Sompo International, the Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced that Victor Sordillo has joined the company as senior vice president, loss control leader. Sordillo is...
QBE North America Names CNA’s Beckman Chief Underwriting Officer
Apr 11 2017 // QBE North America has appointed John Beckman as chief underwriting officer. Beckman will be responsible for efforts to enhance underwriting practices and processes, including product development, technical leadership and...
TAGA, QBE NA Launch Herbicide/Pesticide Insurance Program in Texas
Apr 10 2017 // Tejas American General Agency (TAGA), a Texas based MGA and wholesale brokerage has launched a new herbicide/pesticide program in Texas, underwritten through QBE North America, an operating division of global insurer QBE...
