Last updated: 16 July 2026
How are Cookies used on this QBE Careers Site
The terms ‘QBE’, ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’ refer to QBE Insurance Group Limited, ABN 28 008 485 014 and its affiliates. The terms ‘you’ and ‘your’ refer to the website user (who may also become a candidate).
QBE operates the global careers.qbe.com website (‘QBE Careers Website’), which is provided by QBE’s third party supplier, Phenom People Inc (‘Phenom’).
This QBE Careers website may request cookies and similar tracking technologies to be set on your device. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We do not link the information we store in cookies to personal information you submit while on this QBE Careers Website.
We use cookies to let us know when you visit this QBE Careers Website and how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to personalize your experience with this QBE Careers Website. You can change your cookie preferences by selecting to turn certain cookies off. Please note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on this career site and the services we are able to offer.
Essential Cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through this QBE Careers Website and to use some of its features.
The QBE Careers Website gathers certain information automatically when a user interacts with the site and stores that information in log files. This information includes Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. These IP addresses are not stored after you end your session.
QBE and Phenom use this information, which does not identify individual users, to: (i) analyse trends; (ii) administer the site; (iii) track user’s movements around the site; and (iv) gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We do not link this automatically collected data to personal information.
Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver this QBE Careers Website, you cannot refuse them without impacting how this site functions. For information on how you may block or delete certain cookies by changing your browser settings see the section "How can I control cookies?" below.
We use HTML5 Local Storage, to store content information and preferences. Various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing Local Storage. Third parties with whom we partner to provide certain features on the QBE Careers Website or to display advertising based upon your web browsing activity also use Local Storage to store and collect information. Various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing Local Storage.
How are Cookies used on this QBE Careers Site
The terms ‘QBE’, ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’ refer to QBE Insurance Group Limited, ABN 28 008 485 014 and its affiliates. The terms ‘you’ and ‘your’ refer to the website user (who may also become a candidate).
QBE operates the global careers.qbe.com website (‘QBE Careers Website’), which is provided by QBE’s third party supplier, Phenom People Inc (‘Phenom’).
This QBE Careers website may request cookies and similar tracking technologies to be set on your device. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We do not link the information we store in cookies to personal information you submit while on this QBE Careers Website.
We use cookies to let us know when you visit this QBE Careers Website and how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to personalize your experience with this QBE Careers Website. You can change your cookie preferences by selecting to turn certain cookies off. Please note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on this career site and the services we are able to offer.
Essential Cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through this QBE Careers Website and to use some of its features.
The QBE Careers Website gathers certain information automatically when a user interacts with the site and stores that information in log files. This information includes Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. These IP addresses are not stored after you end your session.
QBE and Phenom use this information, which does not identify individual users, to: (i) analyse trends; (ii) administer the site; (iii) track user’s movements around the site; and (iv) gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We do not link this automatically collected data to personal information.
Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver this QBE Careers Website, you cannot refuse them without impacting how this site functions. For information on how you may block or delete certain cookies by changing your browser settings see the section "How can I control cookies?" below.
We use HTML5 Local Storage, to store content information and preferences. Various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing Local Storage. Third parties with whom we partner to provide certain features on the QBE Careers Website or to display advertising based upon your web browsing activity also use Local Storage to store and collect information. Various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing Local Storage.
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| Phenom Cookie Name | Description of Cookie Function | Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| in_ref | Original referring source of traffic to the career site; this is essentially the site that the candidate came from | Session |
| PHPPPE_ACT (formerly JSESSIONID) | Used for session management | Session |
| PHPPPE_GCC | Tracks if the user has declined cookie tracking on cookie banner / settings page | 90 Days |
| PLAY_SESSION | Used to prevent malicious actors from tampering with a user's session | Session |
| VISITED_COUNTRY | The country that the candidate chooses if they're not automatically redirected to a language subtenant. | 365 Days |
| VISITED_LANG | Career site Language (ex: en,fr) the candidate picks; only applicable if using multiple language sites | 365 Days |
Performance and Functionality Cookies
These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of this QBE Careers Website but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality may become unavailable.
We use both session cookies and persistent cookies. We use session cookies to make it easier for you to navigate this QBE Careers Website. A session cookie expires when you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. You can remove persistent cookies by changing your browser settings, as described under the heading "How can I control cookies?".
We set a persistent cookie to store your password for your careers account, so you don’t have to enter it more than once. Persistent cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance experience on this QBE Careers Website.
We collect the user’s location based information for the purpose of matching the user job search criteria. We will only share this information with our mapping provider for the sole purpose of providing the user with the location based job search service. The user may turn off any geo-location tracking at the device level. By turning off the location tracking, the any geographically based services on this QBE Careers Website will no longer be provided to you.
These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of this QBE Careers Website but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality may become unavailable.
We use both session cookies and persistent cookies. We use session cookies to make it easier for you to navigate this QBE Careers Website. A session cookie expires when you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. You can remove persistent cookies by changing your browser settings, as described under the heading "How can I control cookies?".
We set a persistent cookie to store your password for your careers account, so you don’t have to enter it more than once. Persistent cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance experience on this QBE Careers Website.
We collect the user’s location based information for the purpose of matching the user job search criteria. We will only share this information with our mapping provider for the sole purpose of providing the user with the location based job search service. The user may turn off any geo-location tracking at the device level. By turning off the location tracking, the any geographically based services on this QBE Careers Website will no longer be provided to you.
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| Phenom Cookie Name | Description of Cookie Function | Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| P_REF_CNG | Flag to avoid wrong referring source when using social account sign-in feature; when using social media to sign in, it overwrites the referring URL; this flag is used to keep the original referring URL intact | Session |
| Per_UniqueID | System generated unique Identifier for browser thumbprint; used to remember personalization across sessions for job recommendations (browsing history, any interests specified) | 365 Days |
| utm_campaign | The individual campaign name of the referring URL (article here on UTM) | Session |
| utm_content | Used to differentiate similar content, or links within the same ad from the referring URL (article here on UTM) | Session |
| utm_medium | The advertising or marketing medium specified by the referring URL marketing team (article here on UTM) | Session |
| utm_source | Identifies the advertiser, site, publication, etc of the referring URL (article here on UTM) | Session |
| utm_term | Keyword to identify a campaign (article here on UTM) | Session |
Third Party Cookies
This QBE Careers Website, and our partners, use cookies or similar technologies to analyse trends, administer this site, track users’ movements around this site, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. Third party cookies are also used to provide certain information from partner websites at the request of the user. Users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level, as described under the heading “How can I control cookies?”.
Our partners and service providers may use session cookies to anonymously track page interactions, which improves your site experience. Our third-party partners employ images and scripts, that help them better manage content on our site.
Third Parties, with whom we (Phenom) partner to provide certain features on this QBE Careers Website or to display advertising based upon your Web browsing activity, use Flash cookies to collect and store information. Flash cookies are different from browser cookies because of the amount of, type of, and how data is stored. Cookie management tools provided by your browser will not remove Flash cookies. You can learn how to manage privacy and storage settings for Flash cookies, as described under the heading "How can I control cookies?" in this Cookie Statement, below.
Our third party partners do not tie the information gathered to user’s personal information.
Users can control the use of the following third party cookies as follows:
LinkedIn: If a user logs into this Career Site through a LinkedIn profile or chooses to apply to a job application via a LinkedIn profile, LinkedIn will use a third party cookie on the QBE Careers Website. LinkedIn’s policies are governed by a wholly separate privacy policy and questions related to LinkedIn’s policies should be directed to that entity. By using LinkedIn to log in to or provide information to this QBE Careers Website, you are consenting to the third party cookie on this QBE Careers Website.
Dropbox: If a user selects to upload any documents via a DropBox account, DropBox will use a thirdparty cookie on this Career Site. DropBox policies are governed by a wholly separate privacy policy and questions related to DropBox’s policies should be directed to that entity. By using DropBox to provide information to this QBE Careers Website, you are consenting to the third-party cookie on this QBE Careers Website.
Google Drive: If a user selects to upload any documents via a Google Drive account, Google Drive will use a third party cookie on the QBE Careers Website. Google Drive policies are governed by a wholly separate privacy policy and questions related to Google Drive’s policies should be directed to that entity. By using Google Drive to provide information to this QBE Careers Website, you are consenting to the third-party cookie on this QBE Careers Website.
Google Maps: The Career Site provides geographical information for job applications. You can deny the use of this permission by declining the browser prompt to access your location information. By declining consent to the Google Maps cookie, certain features such as job distance, will be unavailable.
This QBE Careers Website also uses a third party tracking service called Google Analytics that uses cookies to track non-personally identifiable information about visitors to this QBE Careers Website in the aggregate (browser version, geographic region, click path, and bounce rates) to improve the end user experience.
Declining Cookies
If you decline consent to cookies, you may still use this QBE Careers Website, but your ability to use some areas of our site, will be limited. For example, you cannot receive job recommendations on this QBE Careers Website based on your browsing activity and this QBE Careers Website will not be able to personalise your experience. You will still be able to apply for jobs through our job application forms, log in to this career site using LinkedIn, join the Talent Community or subscribe to Similar Job Alerts.
How can I control cookies?
Personalization and Performance cookies can be controlled by checking or unchecking your consent on this page.
Overall, you are able to control cookies from your browser-level settings. Each browser typically allows a user to enable, disable, block, allow, or remove cookies by visiting the settings, tools, or preferences tab that can be located within the browser itself. For additional questions regarding any specific browser, please contact your browser support directly.
This QBE Careers Website, and our partners, use cookies or similar technologies to analyse trends, administer this site, track users’ movements around this site, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. Third party cookies are also used to provide certain information from partner websites at the request of the user. Users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level, as described under the heading “How can I control cookies?”.
Our partners and service providers may use session cookies to anonymously track page interactions, which improves your site experience. Our third-party partners employ images and scripts, that help them better manage content on our site.
Third Parties, with whom we (Phenom) partner to provide certain features on this QBE Careers Website or to display advertising based upon your Web browsing activity, use Flash cookies to collect and store information. Flash cookies are different from browser cookies because of the amount of, type of, and how data is stored. Cookie management tools provided by your browser will not remove Flash cookies. You can learn how to manage privacy and storage settings for Flash cookies, as described under the heading "How can I control cookies?" in this Cookie Statement, below.
Our third party partners do not tie the information gathered to user’s personal information.
Users can control the use of the following third party cookies as follows:
LinkedIn: If a user logs into this Career Site through a LinkedIn profile or chooses to apply to a job application via a LinkedIn profile, LinkedIn will use a third party cookie on the QBE Careers Website. LinkedIn’s policies are governed by a wholly separate privacy policy and questions related to LinkedIn’s policies should be directed to that entity. By using LinkedIn to log in to or provide information to this QBE Careers Website, you are consenting to the third party cookie on this QBE Careers Website.
Dropbox: If a user selects to upload any documents via a DropBox account, DropBox will use a thirdparty cookie on this Career Site. DropBox policies are governed by a wholly separate privacy policy and questions related to DropBox’s policies should be directed to that entity. By using DropBox to provide information to this QBE Careers Website, you are consenting to the third-party cookie on this QBE Careers Website.
Google Drive: If a user selects to upload any documents via a Google Drive account, Google Drive will use a third party cookie on the QBE Careers Website. Google Drive policies are governed by a wholly separate privacy policy and questions related to Google Drive’s policies should be directed to that entity. By using Google Drive to provide information to this QBE Careers Website, you are consenting to the third-party cookie on this QBE Careers Website.
Google Maps: The Career Site provides geographical information for job applications. You can deny the use of this permission by declining the browser prompt to access your location information. By declining consent to the Google Maps cookie, certain features such as job distance, will be unavailable.
This QBE Careers Website also uses a third party tracking service called Google Analytics that uses cookies to track non-personally identifiable information about visitors to this QBE Careers Website in the aggregate (browser version, geographic region, click path, and bounce rates) to improve the end user experience.
Declining Cookies
If you decline consent to cookies, you may still use this QBE Careers Website, but your ability to use some areas of our site, will be limited. For example, you cannot receive job recommendations on this QBE Careers Website based on your browsing activity and this QBE Careers Website will not be able to personalise your experience. You will still be able to apply for jobs through our job application forms, log in to this career site using LinkedIn, join the Talent Community or subscribe to Similar Job Alerts.
How can I control cookies?
Personalization and Performance cookies can be controlled by checking or unchecking your consent on this page.
Overall, you are able to control cookies from your browser-level settings. Each browser typically allows a user to enable, disable, block, allow, or remove cookies by visiting the settings, tools, or preferences tab that can be located within the browser itself. For additional questions regarding any specific browser, please contact your browser support directly.