David A. Horton (born 14 March 1962) is the Group CEO of QBE Insurance (QBE), an Australian Insurance company.

Early life

Horton was born in Manchester and brought up in Bedfordshire where he attended

Bedford School :''Bedford School is not to be confused with Bedford Girls' School, Bedford High School, Bedford Modern School, Old Bedford School in Bedford, Texas or Bedford Academy in Bedford, Nova Scotia.'' Bedford School is a public school (English indep ...

before reading natural sciences at Cambridge.

Career

Horton qualified as a chartered accountant with

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in 1987. He was the UK chief financial officer at

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and was the deputy global chief financial officer and global head of finance for the equity markets division of

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, having held various financial positions with the company since January 1997. He was subsequently finance director of BG and served on the board from June 2003. He was appointed chief executive of

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, a European insurance company, on 1 September 2008. In March 2021, it was announced that Horton would be the next Group CEO of QBE Insurance. Andrew Horton recently appeared on

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's show 'The Bottom Line', 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. Horton has spoken to the

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on this topic also, suggesting an 'advantage' to non-tragic catastrophes for the insurance industry.

References

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