Archive

  • Getting down to net-zero Down Under

    QBE is the only Australian insurer to be part of the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance so far. Its group CIO, Gary Brader, discusses the firm's net-zero commitment and why, even when the target is 29 years away today is the day to act. Interview by Vincent Huck

  • QBE nears $1bn impact investments using Premiums4Good programme

    16 September 2020

    Cost-free initiative funnels share of premiums to beneficial investments

  • Insurers target improved ALM and private assets to enhance investment profits

    27 September 2017

    Blackrock's 2017 Global Insurance Survey reveals some telling figures regarding insurers' attitudes towards the role of the investment function, and how they plan to manipulate their activities to improve profitability. Asa Gibson reports

  • Premiums 4 Good: QBE's unique approach to responsible investment

    10 March 2017

    Insurance Asset Risk this month will feature a number of analysis and thought leaderships on responsible investment. In this article, Tom Herbstein and Andrew Voysey from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership discuss QBE's initiative that allows its customers to have up to 25% of their premiums invested responsibly.

  • QBE slides down the credit curve

    22 September 2016

    CIO Gary Brader wants 10% exposure to BBB-rated bonds