All the headlines from our QBE Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 25 2001 // QBE Re Group had its FSR of “A” affirmed by A.M. Best Co. The rating applies to QBE Reinsurance Corp. (formerly Sydney Reinsurance Corp.) and its reinsured subsidiary, QBE Insurance Corp. The rating highlights...
Apr 18 2001 // Australia’s QBE Insurance expanded its Latin American presence with the purchase of Argentina’s HIH Aseguradora de Riesgos del Trabajo from HIH, and three other South American insurers from the U.S.’s...
Apr 9 2001 // HIH Insurance Ltd., following in the footsteps of ReAC and GIO, became the latest Australian insurance company to be forced to the wall by mounting losses. Rumored to be in deep trouble for the last six months, the...
Aug 15 2000 // Shareholders of Limit Plc have tendered a total of 89.6 percent of their shares to Australia’s QBE Insurance Group, the successful bidder for the Lloyd’s underwriter and syndicate manager with its 140 pence...
Jun 29 2000 // The ongoing battle between Wellington Plc and Australia’s QBE Insurance Group for control of Lloyd’s insurer Limit Plc has been decided in favor of the Aussies, as Limit’s directors reversed their...
Jun 28 2000 // The ongoing battle to acquire Lloyd’s insurer Limit Plc continues to heat up as both contenders, Australia’s QBE and London insurer Wellington Underwriting Plc, upped their offers by as yet undisclosed...
Jun 9 2000 // Australian insurer QBE International Group Ltd.’s efforts to acquire the U.K.’s LIMIT Plc, a Lloyd’s underwriter, seem to be going nowhere. QBE made an unsolicited bid for LIMIT at the beginning of May,...