Accomplished Insurance Industry Chair, Senior Executive & Non-Executive Director.

Chair of the Fire Protection Association, Non Executive Director of Freedom Services Group, Chair of Action 365 Ltd (part of Freedom Services Group), Non Exec Director Qlaims Ltd. He was formerly Managing Director of Claims, Underwriting, & Technical Services for AXA Insurance UK and continues to support them on a Consultancy basis

David was a founding member of the joint CII / CILA Faculty of Claims, was Chair of the CII Underwriting Faculty for almost a decade, and was Vice President of the CII Nationally. He holds Non-Exec Director roles at Qlaims and Freedom Services Group and is Chair of Action 365. He was until recently Chair of RISCAuthority, and before stepping up to be Chair of the Fire Protection Association (FPA).

David has over 30 years’ experience in General Insurance, roles including Reinsurance Manager, Casualty Insurance Manager, Managing Director Claims and Managing Director of Underwriting & Technical Services. In 2022 David moved to a Non Exec / Advisory career, and continues to support AXA and others on a consultancy basis.

David led AXA’s work on Connected & Autonomous Vehicles, including work with five Government backed Consortia. He was Chair of the ABI Motor Committee & Autonomous Driving Group and sat on the ABI GIC for several years. He was a director of Thatcham, the Insurance Industry Motor Vehicle Research Institute for 4 years and now sits on their newly formed ‘Strategic Technical Advisory Board’

In 2018 he was recognised as Social Media Influencer of the year, and in 2019 he won both the Insurance Post Claims Achievement Award, as well as being named Insurance Personality of the Year at the British Insurance Awards.

He speaks regularly at conferences and other events and has also appeared on Sky TV, BBC Breakfast TV, BBC and Channel 4 News, as well as Radio 4’s ‘Today’ Programme, being interviewed on topics varying from Compensation Culture to Business Crime.

Specialties: Underwriting, Claims, Reinsurance, Future Mobility, Driverless Cars, Consumer Duty, Climate Change