{
  "id": 1123154,
  "title": "Australia’s QBE beats profit estimates, maintains annual outlook",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/australias-qbe-beats-profit-estimates-maintains-annual-outlook",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-15T21:24:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40435005/australias-qbe-beats-profit-estimates-maintains-annual-outlook"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "BENGALURU: Australia’s QBE Insurance beat first-half profit estimates and maintained its annual outlook on Friday, as premium growth and lower catastrophe costs helped offset claims linked to the Middle East conflict. Underwriting resilience and global diversification boosted QBE’s performance and helped it stand out in a mixed Australian insurance earnings season. On Thursday, rival IAG reported…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}