Chief Underwriting Officer,
QBE North America
John Beckman is QBE North America's Chief Underwriting Officer. He leads the company's efforts to enhance existing underwriting practices and processes, including product development, technical leadership and risk appetites. John also serves as chair of the North America Underwriting Committee.
With more than 30 years of broad industry leadership experience, John joined QBE in 2017 from CNA Insurance where he served in a variety of leadership positions including Chief Underwriting Officer of their Commercial Insurance business. As SVP, Chief Transformation Officer, he developed and implemented new predictive pricing tools and replaced legacy underwriting and policy administration systems. John also served in a number of underwriting, risk, reinsurance and actuarial management positions with CNA Insurance and Carvill Reinsurance Intermediaries.