Ewen Gilmour to represent LMA on XIS board

The board of Xchanging Ins-sure Services (XIS) has appointed Ewen Gilmour as the Lloyd’s Market Association’s representative to be a non executive director of XIS.

Gilmour's appointment commences with the XIS board meeting in February 2010. He will join the LMA Market Processes Committee in order to enhance LMA liaison with XIS.

Gilmour most recently served as chief executive and managing director of Chaucer. His other appointments include chairman of Hampden Managing Agency, non-executive director of Antares Managing Agency, member of the Council of Lloyds and non-executive director of Shelbourne Managing Agency.

Richard Bucknall, non-executive chairman of XIS said, “I am delighted to welcome someone of Ewen’s Gilmour’s knowledge, experience and reputation to the board of XIS. He will bring a fresh and valuable market perspective to our business”.

David Gittings, chief executive of LMA said: “LMA is pleased to put forward somebody with Ewen's knowledge and experience gained over many years as CEO of Chaucer to represent the managing agency community on the XIS Board”.

Gilmour said: “I am delighted to be joining the XIS board and very much look forward to working with the XIS team to further strengthen the relationship with their customer base.”

XIS provides insurance processing services to businesses in the London Insurance market, including business processing, policy issuance and payments. It is a joint venture between Lloyd’s, the International Underwriting Association and Xchanging.