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Oct 15 2018 // Stone Creek Insurance Agency is expanding its Spokane, Wash. presence with the addition of four new employees.San Francisco Bay Area-based Stone Creek launched its Spokane office in February. Charles Hook has been named...

QBE North America Appoints New Heads of Transactional Liability, Financial Institutions

Oct 9 2018 // Specialty insurer QBE North America has promoted Toria Lessman to senior vice president, head of Transactional Liability, and Stacey Meade to senior vice president, head of Financial Institutions.An attorney by trade,...

Former QBE Group CEO Neal Appointed as Lloyd’s CEO, Succeeding Beale

Sep 7 2018 // John Neal has been appointed as the chief executive officer of Lloyd’s following a meeting of the Council of Lloyd’s, where his appointment as successor to Inga Beale was approved unanimously.Neal will take up...

QBE North America Names Kearns to New Distribution, Engagement Post

Aug 30 2018 // Specialty insurer QBE North America has appointed Dennis Kearns as head of Distribution and Major Trading Partner Engagement, a newly expanded role with the organization. Based in New York City, Kearns will work closely...

QBE’s Restructuring Gains Traction with Its Focus on Profitable Underwriting

Aug 22 2018 // QBE’s restructuring over the last year has focused on exiting loss-making businesses and portfolios, while rigorously emphasizing profitable underwriting across the group.Good progress has been made — as...

QBE North America Sells Its Personal Lines Business to Safeco

Aug 16 2018 // QBE North America has sold its personal insurance independent agency policies in 47 states to Safeco Insurance, a division of Liberty Mutual. The agreement was effective August 15, 2018.The terms of the transaction were...

Australia’s QBE Reports 4% Rise in H1 Profit – on Fewer Natural Disasters

Aug 16 2018 // Australia’s QBE Insurance Group Ltd. posted a better-than-expected 4 percent rise in first-half profit, helped by fewer natural disasters in its biggest markets, sending its shares up almost 9 percent to their...

QBE, Jorgensen & Company to Offer E&O Coverage to RIAs

Aug 3 2018 // QBE North America has expanded its operating agreement with Jorgensen & Co., a specialist professional liability managing general underwriter, to offer errors and omissions insurance on an admitted basis to small,...

QBE, AmWINS Launch E&O Coverage for Architects, Engineers, Design Businesses

Jul 17 2018 // QBE North America has formed a partnership with AmWINS Program Underwriters (APU) to offer errors and omissions coverage for architects, engineers and design (A&E) businesses.The launch is part of QBE’s...

Allianz Eyes M&A Targets Zurich, Hartford, QBE, Argo and More After Missing Out on XL

Jun 12 2018 // A $94 billion financial behemoth is keeping the market on tenterhooks about its next move.Europe’s largest insurer, Allianz SE, is in the early stages of evaluating a variety of potential acquisition targets as...

QBE’s Lingafelter to Head Berkshire Hathaway Specialty in Australasia as Colahan Moves to UK, Europe

Jun 4 2018 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has appointed Mark Lingafelter as president, BHSI, Australasia. He assumes responsibility for the BHSI Australasia region from Chris Colahan, who is moving into the role of...

QBE Adds Inland Marine Property Coverage for Construction Risks

May 25 2018 // QBE North America is continuing its inland marine product expansion with the launch of The Solution for Builder’s Risk, a comprehensive policy offering with coverages tailored for construction projects.Features of...

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May 21 2018 // Kansas City-based independent insurance broker, Lockton, named Said Taiym executive vice president and chief digital officer.Taiym will focus on digital innovation and new technologies to help Lockton. He most recently was...

QBE Invests in HyperScience Artificial Intelligence for Office Work

May 3 2018 // QBE Insurance Group Limited (QBE) through its QBE Ventures, has closed an investment into HyperScience, a machine learning company focused on building artificial intelligence products for automating office work.In addition...

Wells Fargo’s Brogan Named Central Region Exec for QBE North America

Apr 13 2018 // QBE North America has hired Kevin Brogan as regional executive – Central Region, accountable for the region’s profitable growth across QBE’s specialized insurance business portfolio, as well as the...

QBE’s Revamped Executive Team Includes Singh as CFO, Swiss Re’s Grewal as CRO

Apr 12 2018 // QBE Insurance Group Ltd. announced a reshaping of the senior management team with the appointments of Inder Singh as group chief financial officer, replacing Michael Ford who is leaving QBE; Peter Grewal as group chief...

ArgoGlobal Taps Chaucer’s Bull, QBE’s Garcia-Anton Lopez for Casualty Team

Mar 15 2018 // ArgoGlobal, the Lloyd’s insurer and member of Argo Group, today announced the appointments of Geoffrey Bull, as casualty treaty underwriter, and Jaime Garcia-Anton Lopez, as professional indemnity (PI) underwriter....

QBE North America Adds Breach Plan Services to Cyber Policies

Mar 2 2018 // QBE North America has added data breach planning services to all of its cyber policies to provide policyholders a simplified approach to the development of a cyber breach response plan.The company is initially offering...

Zurich Acquires QBE’s Latin American Operations for US$409M

Feb 26 2018 // Zurich Insurance Group has entered into an agreement to acquire the Latin American operations of Australian insurer QBE Insurance Group Ltd. for a total aggregate price of US$409 million, subject to closing adjustments.The...

QBE, Huntersure to Offer Architect, Engineer, Contractors PL Coverage

Feb 14 2018 // QBE North America has formed a strategic program underwriting alliance with Huntersure LLC, to offer its professional liability coverage for small to mid-size architectural, engineering and contractor businesses nationwide...