QBE North America appoints Matt Westhoff as President of Commercial Insurance

QBE North America announced the appointment of Matt Westhoff as President of its Commercial Insurance business, effective November 11, 2024.

Westhoff will be responsible for leading the $1 billion-plus Commercial Insurance portfolio comprised of workers’ compensation and property programs, commercial construction, and specialty casualty lines. In this role, he will drive strong underwriting and financial performance with a focus on profitable growth, disciplined portfolio management, and strong trading partner and distribution relationships.

“Matt brings a wealth of experience and a new perspective to the role and my management team. We are committed to the property and casualty segment and Matt’s experience building profitable businesses from the ground up combined with his focus on talent, culture and broker relationships will be invaluable as we look to scale and grow. As an immediate focus, I have asked Matt to build a new excess and surplus property business to complement our growing Specialty Casualty portfolio. He’ll leverage the effective and successful distribution model we have in place which is characterized by a very limited retail and selective wholesale channel strategy that ensures we deliver a strong, personalized customer experience.” – QBE North America CEO Julie Wood..

Westhoff joins QBE with deep expertise across large commercial and commercial property lines, and a wealth of experience building and scaling high-performing and profitable businesses with a keen focus on portfolio management, underwriting excellence, leadership, and client and distribution management.
He is based in New York and succeeds Mike Foley, who served as QBE North America’s President of Commercial Insurance since March 2022, and has transitioned to Chief Underwriting Officer for North America.