All the headlines from our QBE Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...