QBE News

Business News: Liberty Mutual, Lemonade, FM Global, QBE

Liberty Mutual Insurance Introduces 2 New Excess Casualty Offerings Liberty Mutual Insurance launched two new excess casualty products: the Utility Follow Form Excess for the power and utility sectors, and the Integrated Occurrence Form for the large corporate sector. Both …

People News: Economical, GEICO, QBE, Erie

Saunders Named President and CEO of Economical Insurance The Board of Directors of Economical Insurance named Rowan Saunders president and CEO effective November 1, 2016. This follows the announcement on February 19, 2016, that current president and CEO, Karen Gavan, …

Business News

PDA Extends Appraisal Services to Financial Sector Property Damage Appraisers (PDA) is spreading the word about one of its core business practices that many may not know about – financial services. PDA’s appraisal services are ideal for banks, credit unions …

QBE’s Interactive Skeleton Helps Adjusters Understand Common Injuries

An idea by a team member prompted the creation of a new interactive tool to help adjusters, brokers and underwriters understand common injuries, according to Rosie Hewitt, rehabilitation manager for QBE European Operations. “We were looking at our Internet and…wondered …

QBE North America Claims Partners With Sedgwick

The QBE North America Claims organization has partnered with Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., to be the third party administrator associated with QBE’s new claims administration model. Chief Claims Officer for QBE North America Paul Stachura said the partnership, in …

Insurer QBE Sets Aside Immediate Needs Payouts for Spain Train Victims

Australian insurance group QBE said on Thursday it had set aside 2.75 million euros ($3.64 million) for the immediate needs of those affected by last week’s train crash in Galicia in northwest Spain, which left 79 people dead. QBE may …

Insurers Allianz and QBE Most Exposed to Spain Train Crash

Germany’s Allianz and Australian group QBE bear the bulk of the insurance liability from this week’s fatal train crash in northwest Spain, according to sources at the companies. While Allianz’s Spanish subsidiary covers a compulsory personal accident policy for Spain’s …

Insurance Company Laying Off 113 in Nebraska

An insurance company is closing a call center in Lincoln, Neb., and laying off more than 100 people. The Lincoln Journal Star reports QBE North America will close the call center on May 10 and eliminate 113 jobs. The Lincoln …

QBE Innovation to be profiled at MarketScout’s Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium

Impressive US growth has capture market’s attention DALLAS, August 10, 2011 – Rob Byler, President and Head of Program Business at QBE, will deliver a keynote presentation to over 400 insurance industry executives on September 13, 2011 in Dallas, at …