QBE Insurance Group
Broking Success: Strength in Scotland
Director Tom Yorke recounts his route from Giles to investing in Blue Rock Insurance Brokers, growing organically and competing on quality with the ethos of not doing speculative quotes as well as the opportunities for the Scottish broker as it targets…
QBE launches contractors combined for mid-market
QBE has launched a contractors combined product targeting the evolving needs of middle market construction customers.
People Moves: 11 - 22 April 2022
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People Moves: 4 - 8 April 2022
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QBE International improves COR to 90.6%
The insurer’s international division, which includes the UK, posted a 15% increase in gross written premium for the full year 2021.
Gallagher leader targeting organic growth
Newly appointed regional leader Elliot Miller confirmed the business is also open to making acquisitions.
CII London Market New Generation group pushes for innovation
A report by the Chartered Insurance Institute’s New Generation London Market group has concluded if the insurance profession does not learn lessons from the pandemic and innovate it could soon no longer meet the public’s needs.
Beazley reports "robust" profit in 2021 results
The provider turned a $50.4m (£37.1m) into a pre-tax profit of $369.2m (£272.1m) for the year ended 31 December 2021 while also seeing its GWP shoot up by 30%.
People moves: 7-11 February 2022
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CFC Underwriting tops the Insurance Age broker cyber poll
Specialist company CFC Underwriting has won out, with Travelers and NMU also in close contention, as the UK’s leading eight cyber insurers are revealed based on broker opinion
Pen extends links with QBE for £300m capacity deal
The long term agreement is for three years and covers a range of sectors.
Covid BI claims payments now at £1.3bn
FCA data shows providers have now made initial payments worth £329.4m and final settlements of £967.9m.
Covid BI claims payments reach £1.2bn
FCA data reveals providers have now made initial payments worth £308.4m and final settlements of £916.7m.
Insurance Cares: QBE cyber expert develops suicide prevention tool
Alice Hendy developed the Ripple browser extension following the loss of her brother last year.
QBE names Chris Wallace as executive director for the UK
Move follows Cécile Fresneau's promotion to run QBE's European Operations earlier this year.
News analysis: Panic Buying 2: This time it’s petrol…
The news agenda has been dominated by images of snakes of cars leading to petrol stations as the great British public reprises its performance from the first lockdown where we saw loo roll, pasta and other essentials stockpiled. In our analysis Martin…
Covid BI claims payments surpass £1bn
The latest set of figures from the FCA show providers have made initial payments worth £328.9m for unsettled claims and final settlements of £696.2m.
People Moves: 6-10 September 2021
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Covid BI claims payments near £1bn
FCA figures show interim payments of £331.2m and final settlements of £636.7m have been made since the Supreme Court verdict, with the number of policyholders waiting to hear whether their claim is valid going down to 6,073.
MCE appoints QBE's Paul Ormiston as claims director
The motorbike specialist said the decision to create the new role at board level signals MCE’s ongoing commitment to customer-centric digitisation.
FCA data shows Covid BI claims payments now total £875.5m
Updated figures reveal providers have made initial payments for unsettled claims worth £308.9m and final settlements worth £566.6m since the Supreme Court verdict in the FCA test case.
Covid BI claims payments hit £765.8m
FCA figures show interim payments of £289.5m and final settlements of £467.2m since the Supreme Court verdict, with the number of policyholders waiting to hear whether their claim is valid going down to 9,152.