John Neal News
QBE Group CEO Neal Is Stepping Down; Regan to Succeed Him
QBE Insurance Group today announced that John Neal, Group chief executive officer, will be stepping down after five years in the role. The board of directors has appointed Patrick Regan, chief ...
QBE CEO’s Relationship With Assistant Distracts From Stellar Financial Results
Although Australia's QBE reported its best underwriting results in six years, Group CEO John Neal was forced to field a barrage of questions during a media briefing about why the board decided to ...
QBE Specialty Lines Buildout on Track in North America, Group CEO Says
Global insurer QBE Group is not building a specialty book in North America by sweeping up business shed by some of its big commercial lines competitors in the region, QBE's leader said Wednesday. ...
QBE Selling Australian Agency Businesses to Steadfast
QBE announced on Monday that it has agreed to sell its Australian and New Zealand agency businesses to Steadfast Group Limited for A$290 million (roughly $225 million). The businesses include CHU ...
QBE Selling U.S. Agency Biz For $300M
QBE Insurance Group Ltd. announced Tuesday that it is selling its U.S. agency businesses to California-based Alliant Services Inc. for about $300 million and exiting the distribution business. The ...
Will Investors Give QBE’s CEO Enough Time to Finish His Revamp?
QBE Insurance Group Ltd.'s John Neal is shoring up the insurer's balance sheet by selling shares and assets. He still has work to do convincing bond investors that business is improving after three ...
QBE CEO Neal: We’ll Keep U.S. Middle Market Biz
QBE has changed its mind about a possible sale of its U.S.-based middle market business, months after confirming that it was under strategic review. Why the change? It seems there's been a bit of a ...
QBE Forecasts Profit Decline Resulting from Latin America WC Reserve Boost
QBE Insurance Group Ltd. slumped the most in seven months after forecasting an 18 percent decline in first-half earnings due to higher claims in Latin America and competition with other insurers. Net ...