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Zurich appoints political risk head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... Clive Mok joins the Melbourne office after working for Zurich for eight years in Hong Kong. Prior to that, he held roles at QBE and Gerling. Commenting on the growing need for credit and political risk assessments, Zurich head of credit and political ...

Future Generation IPO raises $300m

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... Family, Peter Scanlon's Scanlon Foundation, the KordaMentha Partners consortium led by Mark Korda and David Winterbottom, and QBE Insurance, which invested $30 million. "FGG is a perpetual gift from the funds management industry to our future generation," ...

ASIC to foster fintech growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... US$4 billion in 2013. "In the future, we will likely see further developments in individually tailored insurance - such as QBE's 'Insurance Box' - and exchanges using the potential of blockchain technology," Medcraft said.

NGS Super in hunt for new CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... with NGS Super since 2013 and was the company's first CIO. Prior to that, she was CIO at EISS. She has also held positions at QBE Australia, Siemens Financial Services, Allianz Asset Management and Franken Invest Asset Management.

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... maker Bradken added three cents, or 1.3%, to $2.32 several days after rejecting a $427 million takeover proposal. Insurer QBE jumped 28 cents, or more than 2%, to $13.70. Kitchen appliance maker Breville was up six cents, or 0.8 per cent at $7.54 after ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... three-day losing streak. Woodside Petroleum was up three cents at $33.91 and Santos was 4.5 cents higher at $6.975. Meanwhile, QBE jumped 36 cents to $13.15 as the insurance giant announced it was considering lifting its dividend payout ratio after returning ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... Westpac was steady at $37.72, ANZ was seven cents higher at $35.11 and Commonwealth Bank was up 10 cents at $90.51. Insurer QBE was up 27.5 cents at $11.885 after lifting its dividend following a strong improvement in annual profit, while Suncorp was ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... 12 cents to $31.38 and National Australia Bank had dipped six cents to $33.46. Elsewhere in the financial sector, insurer QBE was off 32 cents at $10.45 after the insurance industry rating agency AM Best lifted its outlook for the company. On Wall street ...

Life Insurance and Advice Working Group chair appointed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... he was responsible for life and general insurance and executive remuneration. He has also held senior management roles with QBE and Suncorp. In 1981 he started actuarial firm Trowbridge Consulting which merged with Deloitte in 2000. "The ASIC report ...

QBE to invest $100 million in social benefit bonds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
Global insurer QBE Insurance has announced it intends to allocate $100 million to social impact investments over the next three years. QBE chief investment officer Gary Brader said: "We're very interested in social benefit bonds, because in addition ...