OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A Excellent and issuer credit rating ICR of "a+" of QBE Insurance Europe Limited QBE Europe United Kingdom, QBE Insurance International Limited QBE Intl Australia and QBE Reinsurance Europe Limited QBE Re Ireland. These companies are regarded...
OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings of A Excellent and issuer credit ratings ICR of "a+" of QBE Insurance Europe Limited QBE Europe United Kingdom, QBE Insurance International Limited QBE Intl Australia and QBE Reinsurance Europe Limited QBE Re Ireland. These companies are regarded...
OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has assigned a rating of "bbb+" to the proposed GBP 175 million senior notes due 2009 to be issued by QBE Insurance Group Limited QBE Australia. QBE is the non-operating holding company for the QBE group.
OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A Excellent and issuer credit rating ICR of "a+" of QBE Insurance International Limited QIL Australia and QBE Reinsurance Europe Limited QBE Re Ireland. These companies are regarded as key operating subsidiaries of QBE Insurance Group Limited...
May 02, 2005 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian insurance company, QBE, has announced that its Australian chief, Raymond Jones, will fill the new role of group GM, business development. This has fuelled speculation that he is being groomed to take...
Oct 17, 2001 The Asian Wall Street Journal ABIX via COMTEX -- Changes will be made to the operations of QBE Insurance. The Australian-based insurance company is also preparing a capital raising valued at $A500m or more. QBE INSURANCE GROUP...
OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has assigned an issuer credit rating ICR of "bbb+" to QBE Insurance Group Limited QBE Australia, the non-operating holding company of the QBE group of companies. At the same time, a financial strength rating of A Excellent has been assigned to QBE Insurance International...
Nov 15, 2001 The Age ABIX via COMTEX -- CEO of QBE Insurance, Frank O'Halloran, sold 140,000 shares in the group on 30 October 2001. This was the same day the Sydney-based company's stock rose 1.2 per cent to $A6.95. The sale reaped O'Halloran...
QBE European Operations, the European arm of Australian insurer QBE Insurance Group, has merged its non-Lloyd's of London underwriting operations. London-based QBE European Operations said that its European commercial and European retail divisions wi QBE European Operations, the European arm of Australian insurer QBE Insurance...
John C. Lee submits: On Thursday, PMI Group, Inc. PMI announced that they are selling their Australian mortgage insurance subsidiary to QBE Insurance Group [QBE] for approximately $920 million. Steve Smith, Chairman & CEO, stated, PMI Australia’s customers will benefit from the financial strength, expertise, and operational excellence of QBE,...
Apr 10, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) The global insurance industry learned its lessons from the 11 September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. For example, Australia's QBE Insurance had claims then that resulted in a post-tax loss of...
Nov 14, 2001 The Mercury ABIX via COMTEX -- Shares in Australia's QBE Insurance decreased $A0.09 to $A7.10 on 13 November 2001. Most of the losses were recovered by the end of the trading session. The stock had traded at a low of $A6.80,...
The Amsterdam-based ING has signed an agreement with QBE Insurance Australia to sell its non-life insurance company in Singapore, ING Insurance Singapore. The agreement provides for QBE to acquire the non-life business in Singapore and offer emp The Amsterdam-based ING has signed an...
Sep 22, 2001 The West Australian ABIX via COMTEX -- Australia's QBE Insurance Group says its exposure to the World Trade Center collapse will not exceed $A250m. Following the New York and Washington terrorist attacks, panic selling of its shares forced QBE to...
OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has placed the issuer credit rating ICR of "bbb+" of QBE Insurance Group Limited Australia under review with negative implications. In addition, A.M. Best has placed all financial strength ratings FSR, ICRs and debt ratings of QBE's subsidiaries under review with negative implications.
May 11, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Opinion is divided over whether Raymond Jones will be the next CEO of Australian insurer QBE. Analysts believe there are four main contenders for the top job, however the main two are Jones and...
Insurers QBE The Americas, a New York-based division of Australian property/casualty insurer QBE Insurance Group Ltd., has made several senior promotions: Jim Fiore has been promoted to senior executive vp and chief underwriting officer. Chr Insurers ...
ABIX via COMTEX) -- The share price of Australia's QBE Insurance Group lost $A0.08 to $A6.46 on 25 June 2002. The move was sparked by news that former major shareholder, Deutsche Bank, had sold its stake down to below five per cent. Despite assurances to the ...
Byline: Chris Wright Aug 17, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australia's QBE Insurance Group has posted a calendar 2005 interim profit of $A491m, which was...
Aug 20, 2003 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian-listed QBE Insurance Group has rebounded from a disastrous period in the wake of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the US. The insurer has posted a profit of $A241m for the first...