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QBE Re appoints Mohamed El Sabri to lead MENA Life Reinsurance efforts
9th November 2021
QBE Re has announced the appointment of Mohamed El Sabri as Head of Life Reinsurance for Middle East and North Africa (MENA). El Sabri will be based out of Dubai and oversee the development and management of the company's life reinsurance portfolio in the region. He reports to Abdallah Balbeisi, Senior Executive Officer, ... Read the full article
Compre hires Chief Risk Officer Brid Reynolds from QBE
4th November 2021
Compre, the international specialist legacy group, has announced the appointment of Brid Reynolds as Group Chief Risk Officer, based in Hamilton, Bermuda. Reynolds joins Compre from QBE where she was most recently Vice President and Head of Capital, Management and Regulatory reporting. Prior to QBE, she served as Principal, Insurance Supervision at ... Read the full article
QBE develops new ESG risk management tool
1st November 2021
QBE has developed a tool to provide a risk management framework for customers to better assess environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk. The tool provides a template sustainability policy and ESG framework to help smaller and medium sized enterprises identify, monitor and manage a range of ESG issues that may impact ... Read the full article
Chris Wallace to head up QBE UK insurance business
25th October 2021
Chris Wallace has been appointed Executive Director of QBE’s UK Insurance business, taking over the role from Cécile Fresneau. Fresneau was promoted to run the European Operations Insurance division earlier this year. Wallace will take up his role effective November 1st, and will report to Fresneau. Upon assuming leadership for the UK business, ... Read the full article
QBE Re hires SiriusPoint’s Tracey Gibbons to lead in Bermuda
2nd September 2021
QBE Re, the reinsurance arm of the global insurer, has expanded its Bermuda office with the appointment of Tracey Gibbons as Head of QBE Re, Bermuda. Gibbons joins from SiriusPoint where she was Senior Vice President, bringing over 30 years’ experience to the role and a remit to develop the Bermuda ... Read the full article
QBE International Markets announces changes to Miami team
27th August 2021
Global insurer QBE’s International Markets division has appointed new additions to its Miami team. Juan David Mejia has joined as Vice President of Property Underwriting and will be based in QBE International’s regional Latin American hub in Miami. Mejia joins from Swiss Re where he was Senior Property Underwriter, Latin America. He brings ... Read the full article
QBE posts net profit of $441m for H1
12th August 2021
Global insurer QBE has reported its net profit for the first half of 2021 came in at $441 million, compared with a net loss of $712 million for the prior year period. The rebound in profit reflects the groups turnaround in both underwriting and investment returns. On a constant currency basis, gross ... Read the full article
QBE adds AXA XL’s Ian France to lead European property operations
10th August 2021
Global insurer QBE has announced the appointment of Ian France as Head of Property, European Operations. France joins from AXA XL where he was International Property Manager and has previously held senior property roles at XL Catlin and AIG. In his new role, he will be working with each of the property ... Read the full article
QBE hires John Trotter as Asia Head, Digital Partnership Distribution
6th July 2021
The Asian division of global insurer QBE has appointed John Trotter as Asia Head, Digital Partnership Distribution. Trotter brings extensive experience in end-to-end partnership development, infrastructure creation, partnership sourcing, strategy development and commercial negotiation. For the past year he has worked as an independent adviser, working with early stage ventures across Asia ... Read the full article
Pandemic class actions filed against Lloyd’s and QBE
1st July 2021
Law firm Gordon Legal has initiated a Federal Court case against underwriters at Lloyd’s of London and filed a class action lawsuit against QBE in Australia over business interruption (BI) claims related to the pandemic, according to reports from the Australian Financial Review. Gordon Legal says the cases relate to claims ... Read the full article
QBE Re eyes LatAm expansion with new Colombia office
29th June 2021
QBE Re, the reinsurance arm of the Australian insurer, has announced the opening of a new office in Colombia, as well as a key regional appointment. Located in Bogotá, Colombia the new office will write life reinsurance business and be led by Christian Hofmann, who has been appointed Client Manager (Latam ... Read the full article
Oneglobal names QBE’s Plumridge Group COO
17th June 2021
Client-centric broker Oneglobal has named Simon Plumridge Group Chief Operating Officer, reporting to Group Chief Executive Officer Mike Reynolds. Plumridge’s appointment is effective July 1 and sees him join from QBE, having served as global head of multinational. He has more than 30 years of underwriting, operations and distribution experience and a ... Read the full article
QBE Re names GC’s Jamie Cook as Global Head of Client Management
2nd June 2021
Jamie Cook, formerly of reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter, has joined QBE Insurance as the new Global Head of Client Management, QBE Re, effective June 2021. Cook joins the reinsurer after spending three years with Guy Carpenter, most recently as Managing Director, Global Account Segment and Regional Sales Leader, EMEA. Previously, he spent ... Read the full article
QBE positive on Q1 performance despite $260mn nat cat bill
6th May 2021
Each one of QBE's divisions secured premium rate increases that were either in line with or stronger than expectations during 2021's first quarter. Speaking during QBE's 2021 Annual General Meeting, Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer Michael Wilkins said headline Gross Written Premium was up 28%. This reflects premium rate increases, continued ... Read the full article
QBE Re hires Jamie Cook as Head of Client Management
19th April 2021
QBE Re, the reinsurance arm of the Australian insurer, has appointed Jamie Cook as Head of Client Management. In this newly created role, Cook will be responsible for rolling out a consistent client model across all of QBE Re’s offices, as well as leading and co-ordinating interactions with key global clients. He ... Read the full article
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