David A. Horton (born 14 March 1962) is the Group CEO of QBE Insurance (QBE), an Australian Insurance company. Prior, he was the chief executive of Beazley Group (BG) a European insurance company. He was appointed as Beazley CEO on 1 September 2008.[1] Horton was born in Manchester and brought up in Bedfordshire where he attended Bedford School before reading natural sciences at Cambridge.[2] He was appointed to the Man Group board in August 2013 as a non executive director.
David Horton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 March 1962 |
| Occupation | Group CEO of QBE Insurance |
Career edit
He was previously finance director of BG and has been on the board since June 2003. Prior to that, he was the UK chief financial officer at ING and was the deputy global chief financial officer and global head of finance for the equity markets division of ING Barings, having held various financial positions with the company since January 1997. He qualified as a chartered accountant with Coopers and Lybrand in 1987.[3]
In March 2021, Andrew Horton was announced as the next Group CEO of QBE Insurance.[4][5]
Andrew Horton recently appeared on BBC Radio 4's show 'The Bottom Line',[6] hosted by Evan Davis.
Despite a year of natural disasters including Hurricane Sandy, Horton told the Insurance Times he expected a strong performance from Beazley in 2012.[7] Horton has spoken to the Financial Times on this topic also, suggesting an 'advantage' to non-tragic catastrophes for the insurance industry.[8]
References edit
- ^ "Interview Andrew Hortons baptism of fire at Beazley | 6152009 | Reactions - Global Insurance". Reactionsnet.com. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
- ^ The Sunday Times (17 July 2011). "Leading edge: Be positive in even the toughest times". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
- ^ "Andrew Horton - People Profile". Beazley.com. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
- ^ "Beazley's CEO Horton to Become Group CEO of QBE Insurance in Australia". Insurance Journal. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Beazley CEO Andrew Horton moves to QBE". Insurance Age. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Radio 4 Programmes - The Bottom Line". BBC. 18 November 2010. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ^ Newsdesk (9 November 2012). "Beazley expects 90% COR for 2012 despite Sandy | Online only". Insurance Times. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
- ^ Gray, Alistair (20 July 2012). "Beazley sees advantage in natural disasters". FT.com. Retrieved 30 November 2012.