QBE CEO Pat Regan News

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

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 Cox, the current chief underwriting …

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

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 when it was announced in September …

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

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 ethics and conduct. The investigation was conducted following …

QBE Taps AXA XL’s Harris as CEO, International, Succeeding Pryce

QBE Insurance Group has appointed Jason Harris as chief executive officer, International, succeeding Richard Pryce who is retiring at the end of this year. The role reports to Pat Regan, group chief executive officer and forms part of the group …

QBE Withdraws 2020 Financial Targets on COVID-19 Related Economic Uncertainty

QBE released its 2019 full year results on Feb. 17, 2020, which included an outlook statement that included combined operating ratio and net investment return targets for the 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2020. However, QBE has decided to withdraw …

QBE Takes Another Step to Reporting Strong Results, Consistently, with 2018 Profit

QBE Insurance Group took another step in its quest to achieve strong results, consistently, by reporting a cash profit after tax of US$715 million during 2018, a significant improvement on the cash loss of US$262 million reported in 2017. Group …

A CEO Needs to Paint a Picture of What ‘Good’ Looks Like: QBE CEO Regan

QBE Insurance has spent the last few years restructuring its business while at the same time weaving the fabric of a global organization with a strong, cohesive culture. A good corporate culture helps to create good financial results. Consequently, the …

QBE Group CEO Regan: Role-Modeling QBE DNA to #RampItUp #Together

This article is part of Carrier Management’s Cultural Q&A series featured in the Nov/Dec 2018 print edition. Q: Do you spend more time on culture or strategy? Pat Regan, Group CEO, QBE Insurance: Definitely culture. We spent a bit of …

QBE Restructures Operations, Creating 3 Global Units; Executive Team Named

QBE announced changes to its structure, designed to further simplify its operations and build a more streamlined, agile and customer-oriented business. Following the underwriting remediation in Asia, which is now largely complete, Asia Pacific will no longer be a separate …

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

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 demonstrated in the financials, along with strong premium rate increases, top …