Andrew Horton

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David Horton
Born (1962-03-14) 14 March 1962 (age 62)
OccupationGroup CEO of QBE Insurance

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

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Early life

Horton was born in Manchester and brought up in Bedfordshire where he attended Bedford School before reading natural sciences at Cambridge. [1]

Career

Horton qualified as a chartered accountant with Coopers and Lybrand in 1987. [2] 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 was subsequently finance director of BG and served on the board from June 2003. He was appointed chief executive of Beazley, a European insurance company, on 1 September 2008. [3]

In March 2021, it was announced that Horton would be 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]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. "Andrew Horton - People Profile". Beazley.com. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
  3. "Interview Andrew Hortons baptism of fire at Beazley | 6152009 | Reactions - Global Insurance". Reactionsnet.com. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
  4. "Beazley's CEO Horton to Become Group CEO of QBE Insurance in Australia". Insurance Journal. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  5. "Beazley CEO Andrew Horton moves to QBE". Insurance Age. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  6. "Radio 4 Programmes - The Bottom Line". BBC. 18 November 2010. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  7. Newsdesk (9 November 2012). "Beazley expects 90% COR for 2012 despite Sandy | Online only". Insurance Times. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
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