Who owns QBE?
QBE is owned by QBE Insurance Group Limited (Australia, ASX: QBE).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: QBE Insurance Group Limited 2025 Annual Report. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- QBE Insurance Group Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇦🇺 Australia, Sydney
- Origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Founded
- 1886
- Category
- Finance & insurance › Insurance › Property & casualty insurance
- Parent ticker
- ASX: QBE
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About QBE
QBE is the insurance and reinsurance brand of QBE Insurance Group Limited, which says it was founded in Townsville, Queensland in 1886. Its 2025 Annual Report lists property, motor, crop, public and product liability, professional indemnity, workers' compensation, energy, marine and aviation among its portfolio, and describes commercial and specialty franchises.
Ownership timeline of QBE
Where QBE sits in QBE
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full QBE ownership tree →
See the full QBE brand portfolio (6) →
Other brands owned by QBE
QBE controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in finance & insurance.
Also in finance & insurance
Other brands in property & casualty insurance, and who owns them
The 55 brands in property & casualty insurance on Brandtree belong to 41 owners. The largest is AUB Group, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Austbrokers | AUB Group | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| nib Travel | nib | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Hastings | Sampo | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| HWS Specialty | Steadfast | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Allstate | Allstate | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Liberty Specialty Markets | Liberty Mutual | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Evanston Insurance | Markel Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
| QIC | Qatar Insurance Company | 🇶🇦 Qatar |
Every brand in property & casualty insurance and its owner →
About the owner: QBE
QBE is a publicly listed company headquartered in Sydney, Australia. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as ASX: QBE.
QBE Insurance Group Limited says in its 2025 Annual Report that it was founded in Townsville, Queensland in 1886 and is now headquartered in Sydney and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, where it trades under the code QBE. The report describes an international insurer and reinsurer organised in three divisions (North America, Australia Pacific and International) and operating in 26 countries with 13,196 people.
🇦🇺 QBE and other Australian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 203 brands that began in Australia. 59 of them (29%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; QBE is not one of them.
- Austbrokers — AUB Group 🇦🇺
- MLC Limited — Nippon Life 🇯🇵
- RACQ Insurance — IAG 🇦🇺
- Steadfast Network — Steadfast 🇦🇺
- Travel Insurance Direct — nib 🇦🇺
- Vero — Suncorp Group 🇦🇺
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of QBE?
The parent company of QBE is QBE Insurance Group Limited, a publicly listed company headquartered in Australia.
Is QBE Australian?
Yes. QBE originated in Australia in 1886 and its owner, QBE Insurance Group Limited, is also headquartered in Australia.
Is QBE still owned by QBE Insurance Group Limited?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, QBE is still owned by QBE Insurance Group Limited. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] QBE Insurance Group Limited 2025 Annual Report — QBE Insurance Group Limited, Annual report; retrieved 9 October 2026.
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