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QBE Re appoints Tim Barber as interim head of US Treaty

11th April 2022

QBE Re has appointed Tim Barber to be its interim head of US Treaty. The firm said that Barber would be replacing Chris Larson, who was stepping down for personal reasons. In his new role, Barber will be reporting to Steve Postlewhite, global managing director of QBE Re. Postlewhite said in a ... Read the full article

Melanie Lopes leaves SiriusPoint for QBE Re in Bermuda

2nd February 2022

QBE Re, the reinsurance arm of global insurer QBE Insurance Group, has added Melanie Lopes from SiriusPoint as Assistant Vice President (AVP), Lead Treaty Underwriter in its growing Bermuda office. In her new role, Lopes reports to David Cary, Senior Vice President (SVP) Underwriting Manager and Head of Property and Casualty ... Read the full article

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

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 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

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 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

QBE expands US FINPRO, adds Swiss Re’s Salvatore Samà to lead

9th April 2021

QBE Re, the reinsurance arm of Australian insurer QBE, has expanded its US Casualty treaty hub and appointed Salvatore Samà as Senior Vice President, Treaty Underwriting - FINPRO. Based in New York, Samà will take charge of driving the development and advancement of QBE Re’s US Financial and Professional Lines treaty ... Read the full article

QBE Re targets regional expansion; names Attilio Tornetta as Head of Africa

29th March 2021

QBE Re, the reinsurance arm of the Australian insurer, has announced the expansion of its treaty hub for Africa with the addition of Attilio Tornetta as Head of Africa, based in Dubai. In this newly created role, Tornetta will be responsible for all the new treaty business incepting from the April ... Read the full article

QBE hires Fiona Larnach as Group Chief Risk Officer

15th December 2020

Australian re/insurer QBE has appointed Fiona Larnach to the role of Group Chief Risk Officer. Larnach has nearly 30 years of experience working across risk management, finance and treasury. She has held a number of senior executive roles at numerous Australian and UK financial service companies, and was most recently the Chief ... Read the full article

QBE Re combines Casualty Treaty teams to support growth

3rd September 2020

QBE Re, the reinsurance division of global insurer QBE, has announced the combination of its US and International Casualty Treaty reinsurance teams into one business unit. QBE Re London states that the establishment of a single Casualty Treaty reinsurance team is designed to enable a "unified market proposition" as the company ... Read the full article

Former Aspen CEO Postlewhite named Deputy Global CUO, QBE Re

26th June 2018

QBE Insurance Group has announced the appointment of Stephen Postlewhite as Deputy Global Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) of its specialty reinsurance arm, QBE Re. Postlewhite is set to join the firm on November 1st, 2018, and will report to Chief Underwriting Officer for Reinsurance, Jonathan Parry. He joins the company from Aspen ... Read the full article