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People Moves: Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Hires AIG’s Blattner-Hoyle to Lead Trade Finance; QBE Names AXA XL’s France as Head of Property, Europe

Aug 10 2021 // This edition of International People Moves covers appointments at two insurers: Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and QBE European Operations.A summary of these new hires follows here. Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Names...

QBE Re Opens Office in Colombia, Hiring Hofmann from Howden

Jun 30 2021 // QBE Re announced the opening of a new Colombian office and a key regional hire to support local reinsurance in Latin America.The new office will be located in Bogotá, Colombia, and will write life reinsurance business. It...

Beazley’s CEO Horton to Become Group CEO of QBE Insurance in Australia

Mar 3 2021 // Beazley Chief Executive Officer Andrew Horton is leaving to become the group chief executive officer of QBE Insurance Group Ltd. in Australia, the two companies announced. Horton will be succeeded in the role by Adrian...

QBE Reports Full-Year 2020 Loss of $1.5 Billion; No Final Dividend Declared

Feb 22 2021 // QBE officially announced a $1.5 billion bottom-line net loss for 2020 late last week, confirming a figure the Australia-based insurance group pre-announced in late mid-December.The result represents nearly $1 billion...

QBE Custom Property Coverage Form Targets Mid-Size Company Risks

Feb 17 2021 // QBE North America has launched a new modular property form designed to give underwriters and brokers the ability to tailor a program for each individual customer. The QBE Custom Property product contains 33 additional...

QBE Names 4 From Berkshire Hathaway to Financial Lines Team

Dec 16 2020 // QBE North America announced the appointment of four senior industry veterans to leadership positions within its Financial Lines business. Joining QBE are: Danielle Librizzi as head of Professional Liability Thomas Kocaj as...

QBE North America Hires Berkshire Hathaway’s Fortin, Greeley for Financial Lines

Nov 12 2020 // QBE North America has appointed Dan Fortin as president and Todd Greeley as chief operating officer for Financial Lines.Both executives joined QBE NA from Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. With the hires, QBE NA said...

QBE North America Names Prahl to Co-lead Western Region

Nov 3 2020 // QBE North America has named Lucas Prahl senior vice president, regional underwriting leader, for the Western region.The company has also named Bobby Steinsdoerfer senior vice president, regional underwriting leader, in the...

QBE NA Appoints Steinsdoerfer as Central Regional Underwriting Leader

Oct 29 2020 // QBE North America has hired Bobby Steinsdoerfer as senior vice president, regional underwriting leader – central region. Steinsdoerfer joins QBE from AIG’s Blackboard Insurance Co., bringing 12 years of...

QBE Appoints Pryce as Interim Group CEO After Regan’s Forced Exit in September

Oct 23 2020 // QBE Insurance Group announced that Richard Pryce will assume the role of interim group chief executive officer while the search process for a permanent replacement is underway.The executive changes at QBE became necessary...

Harris Joins QBE as CEO of International Division

Oct 5 2020 // Jason Harris has joined QBE Insurance this month to take on the role of chief executive officer, International Division, which includes European Operations. He will succeed Richard Pryce who will retire from QBE during Q1...

For 60% of Mid-Sized Businesses, Crisis Management Is Key Unmet Need

Sep 7 2020 // Nearly 60% of mid-sized businesses said crisis management remains a top unmet need in terms of reducing risk exposure. At the same time, a little over a third said they’re concerned about rising insurance rates,...

QBE CEO Regan Exits After Investigation Into Female Employee’s Complaint

Sep 1 2020 // QBE Insurance Group’s Chief Executive Officer Pat Regan is departing the insurer after an external investigation found his workplace communications did not meet the standards set out in the group’s code of...

For 60% of Mid-Sized Businesses, Crisis Management Is Key Unmet Need

Aug 31 2020 // Nearly 60 percent of mid-sized businesses said crisis management remains a top unmet need in terms of reducing risk exposure.At the same time, a little over a third said they’re concerned about rising insurance...

People & Places

Aug 24 2020 // QBE North America has promoted Steve Gransbury to head of Specialty Insurance, a new group of existing QBE businesses, and promoted Tara Krauss to head of Accident & Health.The Specialty Insurance unit Gransbury now...

QBE Appoints Mann Head of Credit & Surety in North America

Aug 20 2020 // Insurer QBE has named Harpreet Mann as head of Global Credit & Surety for its North America division. In this role, she will develop strategy for enhancing the this book of business in North America while building...

QBE Expects H1 2020 Loss of US$750M on COVID-19, Natural Catastrophe Claims

Jul 22 2020 // QBE Insurance Group expects to report a first-half, after-tax loss of around $750 million, mainly due to COVID-19 claims and natural catastrophes, which included Australia’s bushfires and hailstorms at the beginning...

QBE NA Names Lessman Head of Professional Lines and Industry Verticals

Jul 8 2020 // QBE North America has Toria Lessman as senior vice president, head of Professional Lines and Industry Verticals. She is based in Chicago.Lessman had most recently been serving as head of Transactional Liability, one of the...

QBE Sells Stake in India Insurance Joint Venture to Fintech Platform Paytm

Jul 8 2020 // India’s financial technology platform Paytm is set to acquire Mumbai-based private sector general insurer Raheja QBE General Insurance Co. Ltd.The acquisition is subject to customary conditions, including approval...

Legacy Specialist Compre Signs 2nd Transaction with QBE

Jul 2 2020 // Compre, the London-based independent re/insurance legacy specialist, announced it has signed its second legacy transaction with QBE for an undisclosed sum. The transaction follows Compre’s acquisition of QBE’s...