Latest QBE Headlines
All the headlines from our QBE Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People Moves: Sompo Names QBE’s Reid Head of Casualty Int’l; AXA XL Promotes Shing to Lead U/W Mgmt, UK & Lloyd’s; Jensten’s Siggery to Oneglobal for Risk & Compliance
Nov 17 2021 // This edition of International People Moves covers appointments at Sompo International, AXA XL and OneGlobal Broking. A summary of these new hires follows here. Sompo Int’l Appoints QBE’s Reid as Head of...
People Moves: AXA XL Promotes Innes to Lead Product & Airports, Aerospace; QBE Hires Besant for New Customer Officer Role; IGI Names Kaur Gill as APAC Financial Lines U/W
Sep 15 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at three insurance companies: AXA XL, QBE and International General Insurance Holdings. A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Promotes Innes as...
People Moves: Former Hamilton Execs Glover, White to Mosaic; Alta Signa Hires AIG’s Lange as Snr. U/W; BHSI Names QBE’s Gállegos as Mgr. for Spain
Sep 2 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Mosaic Insurance with London-based roles, MGA Alta Signa with a role in Germany, and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance in Spain. A summary of these...
Horton Becomes QBE’s CEO; SiriusPoint’s Gibbons Named Head of QBE Re Bermuda
Sep 2 2021 // Andrew Horton, the former CEO of Beazley, officially became QBE’s new group CEO on Sept. 1 – an appointment that was originally announced in March. Also on Sept. 1, QBE Re announced the appointment of...
People Moves: QBE Hires Swiss Re’s Mejia for LatAm Property U/W; Zurich Names Kasahara Chief Data Officer; Occam’s Green Joins Rokstone to Head Power Generation
Aug 26 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at QBE International, Zurich Insurance, and MGA Rokstone. A summary of these new hires follows here. QBE International Appoints Mejia as VP of Property...
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....
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...
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...
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 // National 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...
