QBE Insurance Group's CEO is David Horton, appointed in Sep 2021, has a tenure of 4.67 years. total yearly compensation is $5.67M, comprised of 22.4% salary and 77.6% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.04% of the company’s shares, worth $9.98M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.4 years and 4.7 years respectively.
Key information
David Horton
Chief executive officer
US$5.7m
Total compensation
CEO salary percentage
22.44%
CEO tenure
4.7yrs
CEO ownership
0.04%
Management average tenure
4.4yrs
Board average tenure
4.7yrs
Recent management updates
Recent updates
CEO Compensation Analysis
How has David Horton's remuneration changed compared to QBE Insurance Group's earnings?
Date
Total Compensation
Salary
Company Earnings
Dec 31 2025
US$6m
US$1m
US$2b
Sep 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Jun 30 2025
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Mar 31 2025
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Dec 31 2024
US$5m
US$1m
US$2b
Sep 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Jun 30 2024
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Mar 31 2024
n/a
n/a
US$2b
Dec 31 2023
US$5m
US$1m
US$1b
Sep 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$1b
Jun 30 2023
n/a
n/a
US$889m
Mar 31 2023
n/a
n/a
US$713m
Dec 31 2022
US$5m
US$1m
US$537m
Sep 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$422m
Jun 30 2022
n/a
n/a
US$307m
Mar 31 2022
n/a
n/a
US$504m
Dec 31 2021
US$3m
US$431k
US$700m
Compensation vs Market: David's total compensation ($USD5.67M) is below average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD14.79M).
Compensation vs Earnings: David's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
CEO
David Horton
4.7yrs
Tenure
US$5,674,000
Compensation
Mr. David Andrew Horton, BA Natural Sciences, ACA, serves as Group CEO & Director at QBE Insurance Group Limited since September 01, 2021. He joined QBE in September 2021. Mr. Horton is Director of QBE Len...
Leadership Team
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
David Horton
Group CEO & Executive Director
4.7yrs
US$5.67m
0.040% $ 10.0m
Amanda Hughes
Group Chief People Officer
4.4yrs
US$1.65m
0.0044% $ 1.1m
Jason Harris
Chief Executive Officer of International
5.6yrs
US$3.44m
0.0038% $ 941.7k
Fiona Larnach
Group Chief Risk Officer
5.2yrs
US$1.66m
0.0076% $ 1.9m
Susan Houghton
Chief Executive Officer of Australia Pacific
4.8yrs
US$2.47m
0.011% $ 2.7m
Julia Wood
Chief Executive Officer of North America
3.3yrs
US$2.95m
0.0022% $ 538.8k
Peter Burton
Group Chief Underwriting Officer
2.8yrs
US$2.46m
0.00034% $ 84.0k
Christopher Killourhy
Group Chief Financial Officer
less than a year
no data
no data
Ian Fantozzi
Group Executive
1.3yrs
no data
no data
Ashley Dalziell
Group Head of Investor Relations
no data
no data
no data
Carolyn Scobie
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary
10.3yrs
no data
no data
Jamie Kelly
Group Chief Compliance Officer
1.4yrs
no data
no data
4.4yrs
Average Tenure
50yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: QBIE.Y's management team is considered experienced (4.4 years average tenure).
Board Members
Name
Position
Tenure
Compensation
Ownership
David Horton
Group CEO & Executive Director
4.7yrs
US$5.67m
0.040% $ 10.0m
Neil Maidment
Independent Non-Executive Director
1.3yrs
US$210.00k
0.00086% $ 212.6k
Yasmin Allen
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
3.8yrs
US$224.00k
0.0023% $ 563.5k
Melanie Victoria Willis
Non-Executive Director of QBE Australia Pacific Board
5.6yrs
no data
no data
Shamla Naidoo
Non-Executive Director- QBE North America
5.3yrs
no data
no data
Penelope James
Independent Non-Executive Director
2.3yrs
US$230.00k
0.00046% $ 113.7k
Tan Le
Independent Non-Executive Director
5.7yrs
US$225.00k
0.0014% $ 341.1k
Sharon Ritchey
Non-Executive Director- QBE North America
5.3yrs
no data
no data
David Curran
Non-Executive Director of QBE Australia Pacific Board
5.6yrs
no data
no data
Stephen Ferguson
Independent Non-Executive Director
2.5yrs
US$241.00k
0.00039% $ 96.4k
Kristen Dauphinais
Non-Executive Director of QBE North America
4.2yrs
no data
no data
4.7yrs
Average Tenure
60yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: QBIE.Y's board of directors are considered experienced (4.7 years average tenure).
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2026/05/26 18:17
End of Day Share Price
2026/05/22 00:00
Earnings
2025/12/31
Annual Earnings
2025/12/31
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Analyst Sources
QBE Insurance Group Limited is covered by 21 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.