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QBE is an international insurance and reinsurance company with a local presence in 26 countries, headquartered in Sydney, Australia. The reinsurance arm is named QBE Re.
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QBE closes new $250m catastrophe bond
9th January 2025
QBE, a global insurance and reinsurance group headquartered in Australia, has successfully closed a new catastrophe bond through its special purpose insurer, Bridge Street Re Ltd. As Reinsurance News understands, QBE's two new Bermuda Class 4 entities, QBE Capital Ltd. and QBE Capital (Global) Ltd., served as cedents for the new ... Read the full article
QBE secures class 4 license in Bermuda
12th December 2024
Global insurer QBE now has a class 4 license in Bermuda, providing the reinsurance arm, QBE Re, with further optionality in the balance sheets it offers its cedants. In a recent LinkedIn post, QBE Re said, “This is a great complement to the underwriting capability we have been building in Bermuda ... Read the full article
QBE hires Claire Lill as US Casualty Portfolio Manager
4th December 2024
Australian insurer QBE has announced the appointment of Claire Lill as Portfolio Manager to lead and strengthen the firm’s US Casualty offering. Lill brings to her new role over three decades of London Market Casualty experience and is joining QBE’s International Markets division from Apollo Syndicate 1969, where she held the ... Read the full article
QBE names Jamie Kelly Group Chief Compliance Officer
28th November 2024
Australian insurer QBE has appointed Jamie Kelly as its Group Chief Compliance Officer, following Ed Rainsford’s recent transition to the role of Chief Risk Officer, AUSPAC. In the new role, Kelly reports to Fiona Larnach, the Group's Chief Risk Officer. Kelly brings enterprise knowledge gained through most recently serving as the ... Read the full article
QBE reports 2% GWP growth on renewal premium rate increases of almost 6%
27th November 2024
Australian insurer QBE, in its latest performance update, has revealed that gross written premium (GWP) growth in the nine months to September 30th was 2% on the prior period, on both a reported and constant currency basis. The insurer explains that this continued growth was driven by group-wide renewal premium rate ... Read the full article
Fitch revises outlook on QBE & subsidiaries to positive
12th November 2024
Fitch Ratings has revised the outlook on all the ratings of Australia-based QBE Insurance Group Limited and its subsidiaries to Positive from Stable, while affirming QBE's Long-Term Issuer Default Rating at 'A-' and the Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) Ratings of the core subsidiaries' at 'A+' (Strong). Analysts confirmed that the positive ... Read the full article
QBE Asia appoints Jeyasakthi Ratnasingam as Head of Risk and Compliance
6th November 2024
QBE Asia has announced the appointment of Jeyasakthi Ratnasingam as Head of Risk and Compliance. In this role, Ratnasingam will oversee the firm’s risk and compliance strategy, program, and infrastructure, ensuring robust controls, procedures, and processes meet legal and regulatory requirements across all business functions. Ratnasingam brings extensive experience in consulting and ... Read the full article
RiverStone closes Loss Portfolio Transfer deal with QBE
1st November 2024
RiverStone International has completed a loss portfolio transfer reinsurance (LPT) with QBE after receiving all requisite approvals. Earlier in the year RiverStone had announced its agreement with QBE to provide a LPT for various QBE subsidiaries, including their Lloyd’s syndicates. According to the announcement, the LPT is effective July 1, 2024 ... Read the full article
QBE partners with ERM to enhance its risk engineering capabilities in Asia
24th October 2024
Global insurer QBE has partnered with Eos Rhea Metis (ERM) to enhance its risk engineering services for corporate clients in Taiwan and across Asia. This partnership reflects QBE's commitment to providing advanced risk management solutions, especially in property and engineering underwriting. ERM, with its expertise in risk assessment across various industries, will ... Read the full article
ASIC commences proceedings alleging QBE misled customers on pricing discounts
23rd October 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Australia’s corporate, markets, and financial services regulator, has commenced court proceedings against QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited, alleging it misled customers about discounts on certain general insurance products. The case concerns previously reported discrepancies, where QBE made statements and sent renewal notices offering discounts on ... Read the full article
QBE report highlights need for greater awareness of additional services in cyber policies
18th October 2024
A recent report by QBE North America, in collaboration with Zywave, revealed that many businesses are overlooking additional risk management services included in their cyber insurance policies, underscoring the need for greater awareness to enhance cyber resilience. The report surveyed risk professionals and insurance buyers from large organisations, with nearly half ... Read the full article
Global cyber attacks will more than double this year to 211, says QBE
1st October 2024
The number of disruptive and destructive global cyber-attacks taking place each year is set to increase by 105% to the end of 2024, according to a new report from QBE. In fact, the trend shows that these significant, disruptive and destructive global cyber-attacks are likely to more than double this year ... Read the full article
QBE nominates Mario Díaz-Guardamino as next MD for QBE Iberia
20th September 2024
QBE, the business insurer, has named Mario Díaz-Guardamino as the next Managing Director for QBE Iberia. In his new role, Díaz-Guardamino will oversee QBE’s operations in Spain, leading teams in the Madrid and Barcelona offices. His responsibilities include focusing on profitable growth by driving expertise, service delivery, and strong relationships with brokers ... Read the full article
QBE opens new Leeds office, the insurer’s largest European site outside of London
20th September 2024
Business insurer QBE has officially launched its new Leeds office situated at West Village, the largest European site for the global insurer outside of London, with more than 450 employees, representing a 40% increase in the Yorkshire hub's workforce since 2022. The launch of this office, according to QBE, reinforces its ... Read the full article
McCubbin becomes QBE Europe’s new Head of Global Network & Multinational Technical Underwriting
18th September 2024
QBE Europe has announced the promotion of Glenn McCubbin to the new role of Head of Global Network and Multinational Technical Underwriting. McCubbin has been part of QBE Europe for over six years, having joined the company in 2018 as a Multinational Client Manager. He was then appointed Multinational Network Manager before ... Read the full article
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