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QBE to boost capital to relieve Covid-19 pressure
14 April 2020The Australian insurer plans to raise $825m
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Conservation activists raise pressure on Australian insurer community
04 March 2020Marsh and QBE face pressure over mines and dams
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QBE profits up 41% despite US crop underwriting losses
17 February 2020Australian group achieved 6.3% premium rate increases in 2019
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New date for Insurance Risk & Capital Asia 2020 conference
10 February 2020The conference is scheduled for Tuesday 13 October in Hong Kong
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Markel appoints QBE's former CRO to underwriting role
09 January 2020The insurer sees Indian companies facing 'increasingly complex risks'
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Poor weather hits QBE North America crop cover
18 December 2019Insurer forewarns overshooting target net COR range for total business in 2019
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Insurers get to grips with climate disclosure
26 November 2019It has been more than two years since the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) issued its recommendations to companies. Paul Walsh investigates the challenges the reporting framework has brought for insurers and what progress needs to be made
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The dual challenge of implementing IFRS 17 and IFRS 9
21 November 2019Insurers across the world whose accounting practices are based on IFRS principles are busy preparing for the most radical shakeup for a generation. Cintia Cheong explains the basics behind those changes and how the industry is preparing
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Australian bushfires insured losses to hit at least A$50m
14 November 2019Many more claims are expected from the infernos in Queensland and New South Wales
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IFRS 17: what insurers dislike from the final consultation
24 October 2019The treatment of reinsurance accounting under IFRS 17 appears to be the most consistent complaint from re/insurers, but deciding when the standard should take effect continues to generate disagreements among stakeholders. Cintia Cheong reports