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About QBE

QBE Insurance Group is Standard & Poor’s ‘A+’ rated and is one of the world's leading international insurers and reinsurers, headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

QBE operates out of 47 countries across the globe, with a presence in all key insurance markets, and are lead underwriters within our chosen markets, setting rates and conditions.

For the year ended 31 December 2009, the company underwrote gross written premium totaling £7,242 million and held shareholders’ funds of £5,670 million.

QBE’s European Operations, which accounts for almost 35% of QBE Group turnover, is a leading specialist in London market and European commercial lines business. 

Active in both the Lloyd’s and company market, QBE offers considerable diversity to the broking community, via eight product-focused underwriting divisions – casualty, QBE Re Europe, property, motor, marine & energy, aviation – all operations have the ability to write on both Lloyd’s and company market paper.

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