Lloyd’s to appoint Beazley veteran as board member

Lloyd’s has appointed Neil Maidment as its new independent non-executive board member.

The position will be effective from February 2019 following his term of office on the Council of Lloyd’s.

He will serve on the board for a three-year term offering his knowledge to the Lloyd’s market.

Maidment is retiring from Beazley in December this year following a 34-year career within the insurance industry.

He previously held the role chief underwriting officer focusing on the group’s underwriting.

Although he will continue serving as a member of the Lloyd’s Risk Committee, he is stepping down as chairman of the Lloyd’s Market Association where he looked at strategies in market modernisation and Brexit.

Lloyd’s recently welcomed a new chief executive following the departure of Inga Beale.