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- August 12 2024
QBE elevates Ed Rainsford to chief risk officer, Australia Pacific
Sydney-based Rainsford, who has been with the carrier for almost a decade, joins from the QBE group risk and compliance team where he has been the group chief compliance officer since July 2022.
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- August 9 2024
QBE strikes US$1.6bn loss portfolio transfer deal with Enstar, RiverStone
Enstar’s subsidiary will assume US$376m out of total net loss reserves for US commercial liability and workers' compensation risks, effective July 1, and will provide approximately US$175m of cover in excess of the ceded reserves.
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- August 9 2024
QBE doubles H1 net profit, COR improves 5 percentage points to 93.8%
The insurer's GWP grew 2% to US$13bn for the period, while its underwriting performance benefitted from lower cat claims, stable prior-year reserve development and rate increases.
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- August 7 2024
QBE Australia Pacific elevates Declan Moore to chief governance and executive operations officer
Moore will oversee first line risk, customer remediation, marketing and customer insights, legal and executive operations for the regional business as Jonathan Groves succeeds him as CEO and managing director for New Zealand and Pacific.
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- August 6 2024
QBE promotes Jonathan Groves to CEO and managing director, New Zealand and Pacific
Sydney-based Groves (pictured) was chief risk officer for the carrier's Australia Pacific business since December 2018.
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- July 31 2024
Cyber market is in need of more buyers, says QBE’s Serene Davis
The market is at an inflection point amid predictions that it will undergo significant growth as the world recovers from the CrowdStrike outage, but underwriters will have to look at new countries and clients to hit those projections.
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- June 24 2024
QBE hires Marsh veteran Julie Minor as global distribution head
Before joining the insurer, Minor was a managing director at Marsh and has over 20 years of experience in senior management roles.
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- June 19 2024
QBE to wind down North American middle-market business
The shuttering of the underperforming unit will not affect core specialty, crop and commercial business, the Australian carrier said.
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- June 19 2024
QBE elevates Jeremy Lau to Asia chief underwriting officer
Hong Kong-based Lau will report to Asia chief executive Robert Kosova and the carrier’s international chief underwriting office Nick Hankin.
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- June 3 2024
QBE Asia brings on board Thomas Miller’s Alexander Bland as regional specialty claims head
Singapore-based Bland will report to Vick Rajaswaran, regional head of claims, and oversee specialty claims strategy and performance across Asia.
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- May 13 2024
QBE forecasts 93.5% group COR for FY2024
The Australian carrier reported a group-wide renewal rate increase of 7.3% in the first quarter this year, while its net cat cost was US$200m for the first four months
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- April 30 2024
QBE elevates Nicola Schroder to group head of sustainability
Melbourne-based Schroder will be responsible for sustainability governance, strategy implementation, human rights, and modern slavery initiatives, and driving social impact through the QBE Foundation.
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- April 22 2024
QBE appoints Jordan Stewart as Asia’s business development lead, broker distribution
Stewart, who has relocated to Hong Kong from Melbourne, will work with the teams across QBE Asia to enhance its broker partnerships across the region.
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- February 26 2024
QBE appoints Swiss Re CorSo’s Vicgi Au as recovery manager for Asia
Kuala Lumpur-based Au will deliver recovery services, minimise claims loss cost, and work with cross-functional teams to optimise complex recoveries.
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- February 16 2024
QBE FY 2023 GWP rises 8% on higher premium rates
Net profit more than doubles for the full year of 2023, although still missing analysts' expectations. Its COR improved marginally to 95.2%.
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- February 15 2024
QBE appoints Robert Kosova as Asia CEO
Kosova will relocate to Singapore to assume his new role from April 1, taking over from incumbent Jason Hammond, who will return to Australia.
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- November 17 2023
Fitch affirms QBE’s rating as underwriting performance improves
The Australian carrier improved its COR to 86% and posted insurance services result of US$337m in H1 2023.
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- November 10 2023
QBE Asia hands Cynthia Huang additional charge as Taiwan desk lead
Hong Kong-based Huang, who is also the head of financial lines for the carrier, will be responsible for distribution and business development.
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- November 1 2023
QBE exits Papua New Guinea market
The Australian insurer divested its subsidiary to Alpha Insurance.
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- September 12 2023
QBE takes Richard Chien from Taiping Re as Greater China property head
Hong Kong-based Chien will be responsible for leading the insurer's teams in Hong Kong and Macau.
