All the headlines from our QBE Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 3 2017 // QBE North America has named Marcia Blanco as senior vice president an Western region specialty underwriting engagement leader. She is based in San Francisco, Calif. Blanco will report to Jeff Grange, president of specialty...
May 3 2017 // QBE Insurance Group will move its European base from London to the continent because of uncertainty in accessing the European market after Brexit, the chairman of Australia’s largest international insurer said on...
May 2 2017 // QBE Australia and New Zealand announced that Mark Baxter has been appointed to the position of chief risk officer.Baxter has recently returned from the UK where he was Prudential’s chief risk officer for the UK and...
May 1 2017 // Scott Gunter has been appointed senior vice president, Chubb Group, and division president, North America Commercial Insurance.In his new role, Gunter will have executive operating responsibility for the retail commercial...
Apr 17 2017 // Sompo International, the Bermuda-based specialty provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced that Victor Sordillo has joined the company as senior vice president, loss control leader.Sordillo is...
Apr 11 2017 // QBE North America has appointed John Beckman as chief underwriting officer. Beckman will be responsible for efforts to enhance underwriting practices and processes, including product development, technical leadership and...
Apr 10 2017 // Tejas American General Agency (TAGA), a Texas based MGA and wholesale brokerage has launched a new herbicide/pesticide program in Texas, underwritten through QBE North America, an operating division of global insurer QBE...
Apr 7 2017 // QBE North America has appointed Richard Friesenhahn as head of Multinational for North America. Based in New York, Friesenhahn will support the company’s expansion of multinational services and offerings. Friesenhahn...
Apr 4 2017 // QBE North America announced two executive appointments in the Property & Casualty business.Jamie Luce will lead the Commercial Insurance business as senior vice president. He will oversee all of the QBE North America...
Apr 4 2017 // QBE North America, an operating division of global insurer QBE Insurance Group Limited, has formed a strategic program alliance with High Point Underwriters and Midwestern Insurance Alliance to offer a national...
Mar 23 2017 // XL Catlin’s insurance operations has appointed James Tuplin as head of Cyber and Technology, Media & Telecoms (TMT), International.In this role, Tuplin is responsible for the underwriting of cyber insurance, as...
Mar 16 2017 // QBE North America, an operating division of QBE Insurance Group Limited, has launched a new privacy & network security offering as part of its continued specialty insurance expansion. The new Solution for Cyber Risk...
Feb 22 2017 // QBE North America, an operating division of global insurer QBE Insurance Group Limited, has launched a new policy for motor carriers that combines both motor truck cargo and logistics liability insurance in one...
Feb 8 2017 // Many property/casualty insurance carriers have focused their charitable efforts on veterans, and they’ve done so for a number of good reasons.One important reason for adopting veterans causes was explained by Glenn...
Jan 30 2017 // Germany’s Allianz has made an informal takeover approach to QBE Insurance, Australia’s biggest insurer, but has not named a price, sources told Reuters on Monday.Shares in QBE closed flat after rising by up to...
Jan 9 2017 // Chubb, the world’s largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company, has appointed Jeffrey Updyke as regional manager for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions of the company’s commercial...
Jan 6 2017 // Lloyd’s announced that Richard Pryce, CEO for QBE European Operations, has been appointed by the Council of Lloyd’s as a non-executive director of the Franchise Board, the body which is responsible for the...
Dec 20 2016 // QBE North America, an operating division of global insurer QBE Insurance Group Limited, has appointed Kris L. Hill as chief financial officer.Hill will assume her new role effective January 17, 2017 and also serve as a...
Dec 19 2016 // QBE Insurance Group Ltd. announced the appointment of Pat Regan as CEO, Australian & New Zealand Operations, effective March 1, 2017. Regan has been acting in this role since August 2016, in addition to his...
Dec 19 2016 // QBE North America has appointed Kris L. Hill as chief financial officer.Hill will assume her new role effective January 17, 2017, and also serve as a member of the QBE North America Executive Management Board. She will be...