QBE Insurance Group News

Neal Exits as QBE CEO, Regan to Succeed Him in January

QBE Insurance Group today announced that John Neal, Group chief executive officer, will be stepping down after five years in the role. The board of directors has appointed Patrick Regan, chief executive officer Australian and New Zealand operations and previously …

QBE Reports on Using Social Media to Boost Service, Fight Insurance Fraud

Social media data mining offers insurers an opportunity to combat fraud and improve underwriting, according to a recently issued white paper by QBE North America, an operating division of global insurer QBE Insurance Group Limited. The white paper titled “Innovations …

Guilty of Embezzlement, Ex-QBE Exec Sentenced to Year and a Half in Prison

A former executive of QBE Insurance Group was sentenced on Thursday to 1-1/2 years in prison for conspiring to embezzle $2.6 million from the insurance company, some of which he used to buy a house and luxury vehicles. James Shea, …

HSBC Sells Insurance Businesses to AXA and QBE

HSBC and its subsidiary Hang Seng Bank are selling insurance businesses in Hong Kong, Singapore, Argentina and Mexico to a pair of buyers for $914 million. HSBC said Wednesday that AXA Group will pay $494 million for general insurance businesses …