March 30, 2016
Compre, the London-based insurance and reinsurance legacy specialist, announced the signing of an agreement to acquire QBE’s share of the Ridgwell Fox & Partners’ (RFP) pool legacy reinsurance business. The transaction is structured as a loss portfolio transfer, to be …
March 15, 2016
QBE Specialty has launched a suite of products for its newly created Inland Marine practice. This expansion includes a range of offerings for the following industry groups: Construction: Buildings and structures under construction, installation projects, and contractor’s equipment Energy: Well …
December 31, 2015
QBE Insurance Malaysia has opened a new office in the heart of Kuala Lumper city, expanding the company’s branch network in the country to a total of 15 locations, across eight states. QBE Insurance Malaysia, which is part of the …
December 7, 2015
Prudential Plc, Aviva Plc and Legal & General Group Plc are among large U.K. insurers to win Bank of England approval of the models they use to calculate capital requirements under the European Union law known as Solvency II. The …
October 6, 2015
QBE North America and Jorgensen & Co., a specialist professional liability managing general underwriter, have formed an underwriting agreement to provide accountants and consultants professional liability insurance (APL). According to Don Allard, senior vice president, Specialty Programs at QBE, this …
September 23, 2015
QBE Emerging Markets – Asia Pacific announced that its group general manager of Credit & Surety, Richard Wulff, will be relocating to Hong Kong from Singapore, effective January 2016. Wulff is relocating to support the Asia Pacific teams and the …
September 10, 2015
QBE Asia Pacific announced the appointment of Martin Allan to the role of general manager – Claims, Asia Pacific, with effect from September 8, 2015. In this role, Allan is responsible for managing the claims function and driving business efficiencies …
August 31, 2015
QBE Insurance has appointed Mark Lingafelter as managing director of its Asia Pacific region with effect from September 1, 2015. Based in Singapore, Lingafelter will be accountable for the ongoing execution of the QBE Asia Pacific Profitable Growth Strategy and …
August 27, 2015
The professional indemnity and directors & officers insurance sector has grown constantly since 2012 and is expected to continue the upward trend until at least 2019, according to the findings of a new report by London-based business intelligence company, Timetric. …
August 11, 2015
QBE announced it has completed of the sale of the group’s workers’ compensation business in Argentina to La Caja Aseguradora de Riesgos de Trabajo ART SA, a company wholly owned by the Werthein Group, which has had a significant presence …