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QBE exits non-core North American business in $1.6bn LPT transactions

Enstar and RiverStone are assuming risks, and some assets of Australian underwriter

QBE hikes natcat allowance for 2024, even though perils costs in 2023 fell

CEO says he prefers a natural catastrophe budget QBE is less likely to overstep

QBE adds $130m to natcat provisions

Claims inflation? What claims inflation?

Rising costs of goods and labour may be squeezing underwriting results in Europe and North America, but for many insurers in Asia, claims cost inflation is a world away in every sense. David Walker reports

QBE sets up working groups to monitor claims inflation

The Australian insurer said it is experiencing inflation of 6% to 7% in its business

QBE's reinsurance expenses increase 44%

Group returns to profit as Covid impacts become a net positive in 2021

Beazley names new CEO as Andrew Horton joins QBE

Horton is not expected to take up his new role until 1 September

Beazley slips to H1 loss, declares no interim dividend

Covid-19 related losses amount to $170m

Beazley's profits halve in 2018

Hurricanes, typhoons and wildfires meant the insurer was hit by severe nat cat claims in 2018

Beazley bolsters property reserves in H1 2018 as profits fall

Property line losses not from natcats, UK insurer says