QBE Insurance Group has announced that Jason Harris will take over the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), International from Richard Pryce, who is set to retire at the end of the year.
Harris joins QBE from AXA XL where he held the position of Chief Executive, Global Property and Casualty with responsibility for Financial Lines, Construction, Engineering, ART and Risk Engineering.
Prior to this he was the Chief Executive International Property and Casualty at XL in the UK with responsibility for their Property & Liability business outside of North America.
And earlier he worked at AIG/Chartis Insurance in several senior roles including Executive Director, Commercial Lines. He is an underwriter by background and started his career working in offshore energy.
Going forward, Harris will join the QBE Group Executive Committee and report to QBE Group CEO Pat Regan.
“Jason has a very strong background in people leadership, business performance and underwriting,” said Regan. “His broad global commercial lines experience equips him well to oversee the continued success of our International Operations, which are core to our global business.”
“I am confident that Jason will continue to build the technical expertise and customer focus we are known for. I am excited to have Jason as part of our team,” he added.
He continued: “We have been actively working with Richard on his succession planning as he prepared for his retirement … Jason will commence in Q4 2020, subject to the required regulatory approvals, and Richard will leave QBE in early 2021”.
“Richard has been an integral member of the Group Executive Committee, very successfully leading our European Operations and more recently the newly created International Division. He has been a huge source of advice and wise counsel to me. I will miss him greatly and wish him the very best in his retirement.”
