Insurance and insurtech executive search
Board, CEO and C-suite searches for carriers, brokers, MGAs, reinsurers and insurtech platforms.
Where we search in insurance.
We search across the whole value chain, from the carriers that hold the risk to the insurtech platforms that are changing how it is sold, priced and serviced.
Carriers
Board members, CEOs and C-suite leaders for insurers, plus the technology, data, product and operations leaders who carry change through the business.
Listen: Your carrier doesn't have an AI problemBrokers & MGAs
Leaders and successors for brokerages, agencies and managing general agents, where many experienced leaders are nearing retirement.
Listen: The MGA talent cliffReinsurance
Board, CEO and senior leadership searches for reinsurers, run on the same assessment standard as every Horton search.
Insurtech platforms
Executives for venture-backed and growth-stage insurtechs, including US sales and customer success leaders for companies entering the US market.
Retained search, decided on evidence.
Every serious candidate goes through Aperture 360 before you meet them: a structured interview, a behavioral assessment, role-specific competency questions and a job-fit benchmark against your role profile.
How Aperture 360 works- of placements still in role a year later
- 96%of placements still in role a year later
- for most searches to close
- 10 to 13 weeksfor most searches to close
- assessed candidates on your shortlist
- 4 to 6assessed candidates on your shortlist
- the year Horton began in executive search
- 1978the year Horton began in executive search
We talk with insurance leaders every week.
On The Insurtech Leadership Podcast, Joshua Hollander speaks with the operators, founders and investors shaping insurtech. Many of the conversations come back to leadership.
All podcast episodes- August 12, 2026 · 32 min
Your AI Pilot Didn’t Fail. Your Org Chart Did.
Most carriers have stopped asking whether AI works. So why does so little of it ever leave the pilot?
- July 22, 2026 · 30 min
Your Carrier Doesn’t Have an AI Problem. It Has an Adoption Problem
Building the model is no longer the hard part of insurance AI. The hard part now is getting underwriters and carriers to actually adopt it.
- July 9, 2026 · 30 min
The MGA Talent Cliff: Six Retiring for Every One Coming In
What happens to a $114 billion market when six people head toward retirement for every one person coming in behind them?
Breaking into the US market is no small feat for a European startup. Horton didn't just find us talent; they helped us understand the competitive landscape and what it takes to attract top US sales leaders.
Close to the insurance market.
Joshua HollanderChief Executive Officer, Horton International North America
Joshua Hollander leads Horton International's business in North America. His own search work includes board and C-suite appointments in insurance and insurtech.
He hosts The Insurtech Leadership Podcast and is a co-founder of The InsurTech Association.