DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,003

QBE AMERICAS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF QBE HOLDINGS, INC.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 1, 2015 by a State Workforce Agency on behalf of
workers of QBE Americas, Inc., a subsidiary of QBE Holdings,
Inc., Finance Department, New York, New York (QBE Americas-
Finance Department). The workers' firm is engaged in employment
related to the supply of insurance, reinsurance, and insurance
support services. The worker groups are not separately
identifiable by services supplied by the subject firm. The
subject worker group (QBE Americas-Finance Department) does not
include on-site leased workers. The
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in QBE Americas-Finance
Department have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the supply of a(n) service
like or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at QBE Americas-Finance Department.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of QBE Americas-Finance
Department, New York, New York, who are engaged in activities
related to the supply of insurance, reinsurance, and insurance
support services, meet the worker group certification criteria
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of QBE Americas, Inc., a subsidiary of QBE
Holdings, Inc., Finance Department, New York, New York,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after January 1, 2014, through two years from the
date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on the date of certification through two years from the
date of certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 29th day of September, 2015

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance