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QBE names Santa-Cruz as Europe Technical & Business Performance Manager

18th February 2026 - Author: Saumya Jain -

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Global insurer QBE has appointed Jesús Prieto Santa-Cruz as the Europe Technical & Business Performance Manager.

qbe logoIn his new role, Santa-Cruz will focus on strengthening the insurer’s portfolio management capability across Europe and work closely with portfolio managers and underwriters.

Additionally, he will support deeper portfolio segmentation and analysis to optimise underwriting strategies and partner with product managers across Europe to shape and advance key underwriting priorities.

Most recently, Santa-Cruz served at Allianz Spain as the Head of Pricing and Portfolio Management for the Midcorp and SME segments.

He spent 14 years at Allianz Spain in positions including Head of Pricing, Pricing Actuary, and Actuarial Analyst, all for Commercial Lines.

In the past, he was a Junior Actuary at Aon, responsible for non-life reinsurance optimisation for Spanish companies and natural catastrophe modelling for Portuguese companies.

He started his career as an Actuarial Intern at WTW and a Junior Consultant at KPMG España.

QBE commented, “He brings extensive experience across pricing, underwriting support and portfolio steering, which will be a strong asset to our European business. Welcome to QBE, Jesús!”