QBE has announced the appointment of David Siesko as Claims Director of QBE European Operations. Mr Siesko will take up his role early in the new year and will be based in QBE’s London office, reporting to Richard Pryce, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of QBE European Operations.
David Siesko has worked in the insurance market for 25 years, holding senior positions including Chief Claims Officer for Zurich Financial Services Global Corporate Business, where he was responsible for the handling of Claims and Customer Services across UK, North America and Continental Europe.
Prior to this he was Executive Vice President for Technical Claims and Director of Specialty Claims for Zurich North America. Most recently Mr Siesko has run his own company, Siesko Partners LLC in North America, an insurance coverage and claims services law firm. Mr Siesko is legally trained and has also held roles for AIG in New York, and Lovells, London earlier in his career.
Richard Pryce, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of QBE European Operations commented: “I’m delighted that David will be joining QBE European Operations. As we grow our business, his wealth of experience in managing and leading claims teams, as well as in developing and implementing claims and customer service strategies will bring an important extra dimension to the way in which QBE delivers a superior claims service to brokers and customers. I am very much looking forward to working with him.”
