Five appointments to the Council of Lloyd's, the governing body of the market, have been made following the Council elections which closed on 20 January, 2006.

Ewen Gilmour, chief executive of Chaucer Syndicates, and Graham White, chairman of CBS Private Capital, have been elected as working members.

They replace John Coldman, chairman of Benfield, and David Shipley, chief executive of MAP Capital, whose terms of office expire on 31 January, 2006.

The appointments are for a three-year term commencing 1 February, 2006.

David Foreman, chief underwriting officer at Wellington, also stood in the election.

Following a ballot of external members, AJ SLP09, represented by Peter Morgan, has been re-elected as an individual external member for a three-year term commencing 1 February, 2006. The vacancy was contested by Julian West.

Brit UW, represented by Anthony Townsend, and MAP Capital, represented by David Shipley, will serve as corporate external members.

They replace Limit (No. 2), represented by Steven Burns, and Wellington (Five), represented by Preben Prebensen, whose terms of office expire on 31 January, 2006.

Brit UW will serve a one-year term and MAP Capital a three-year term, both commencing on 1 February, 2006.

The 2025 Insurance Times Awards took place on the evening of Wednesday 3rd December in the iconic Great Room of London’s Grosvenor House.

Hosted by comedian and actor Tom Allen, 34 Gold, 23 Silver and 22 Bronze awards were handed out across an amazing 34 categories recognising brilliance and innovation right across the breadth of UK general insurance.
Many congratulations to all the worthy winners and as always, huge thanks to our sponsors for their support and our judges for their expertise.