Gross written premium (1999):
Gross written premium (1999):
£474.4m
Parent:
QBE Insurance Group, Australia
Year company established:
1983
UK head office:
Corn Exchange
55 Mark Lane
London
EC3R 7NE
tel: 020 7456 0000
fax: 020 7680 1962
email:
enquiries@qbe-europe.com
website:
www.QBEeurope.com
Company history:
QBE International Insurance, formerly QBE Reinsurance (London), was incorporated in 1983 and is part of QBE Insurance Group Limited, a publicly traded international insurance and reinsurance business founded in 1886.
QBE now has operations in over 35 countries with 5,000 employees worldwide. The company has a diverse portfolio of more than 150 insurance products available to brokers and intermediaries and a significant range of reinsurance products for insurers, as well as other speciality classes of insurance.
QBE International Insurance is rated A (excellent) by AM Best and holds a Standard & Poor's A+ claims-paying ability rating.
Chief officer:
Robert Grant
Biography:
Robert Grant assumed the position of general manager of QBE Europe in 1994, covering both general insurance and reinsurance in places including London, Lloyd's, Dublin, Paris, Hamburg, Warsaw, Milan and Budapest.
In addition to these businesses, he has also taken on overall responsibility for the group's reinsurance operations in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to this, he was the company's general manager of underwriting at QBE International Insurance from 1992 to 1994
UK staff:
384
Direct arm:
none
Main classes of business:
property, general liability, professional indemnity, engineering, leisure and sport, bloodstock, extended warranty, private medical insurance and treaty
