Reimagining insurance from the outside in
QBE Ventures invests in, and builds alongside, early stage technology companies who we believe have the potential to reshape the insurance industry.
We leverage QBE’s market strength and expertise, and augment these with emerging technologies to create new value for our customers, partners, and the communities in which we operate.
Our key focus areas: Resilience, Data & AI and supporting QBE’s Growth Strategy
Average check size
$2m - 5m
Stage
Early-mid
Investment reach
Worldwide
What we do
Explore
We make sense of emerging trends in technology and financial services, exploring their potential within our core markets.
Build and scale
We test, launch and scale new ventures that make the complex simple, in insurance and beyond.
Invest
We invest in solutions that are shaping the future of financial services and have the potential to scale globally.
How we do it
Investments
We invest in start-ups and venture funds that are aligned with our innovation strategy and our customer-first approach.
Strategic partnerships
We partner with start-ups and technology experts to fast-track their growth and assist them in the development of transformative ideas with global potential.
New venture development
We create new digital businesses from the ground up, leveraging the assets and scale of QBE to solve for emerging risks and customer needs.
QBE & Aurora launch embedded lead algorithmic underwriting capability
QBE’s British Marine Yacht P&I becomes the first live product, cutting quote-to-bind from days to under 10 minutes.
QBE and Aurora have launched an embedded lead algorithmic underwriting capability, operating within the global business insurer’s own governance, appetite and operational environment.
Developed in partnership with QBE Ventures, the capability enables governed and fully automated lead underwriting for complex specialty risks for the first time.