London market underwriters group bolsters board

Six London insurance market executives have been elected to the board of the International Underwriting Association, the London-based IUA announced Tuesday.

Five of the six formally were elected after having been co-opted to serve on the association's board in the last 12 months, the IUA, which represents underwriters in the London company insurance market, said in a statement.

They are: James Waterhouse, president and CEO of Arch Insurance Europe Ltd.; Jon Hancock, managing director at RSA U.K. Commercial; Brian Kirwan, CEO of Allianz Global Corporate & Speciality U.K.; Mark Chapman, group chief information officer of Global Aerospace Underwriting Managers Ltd.; and Dirk Herrenporth, managing director of Munich Reinsurance Co.'s U.K. general branch.

In addition, Rob Wilson, business development manager at Chubb Global Markets, was newly elected to the board, the IUA said.

A spokesman for the IUA said the five co-opted board members typically had replaced colleagues from the same company who had been reassigned during the year.

“I am greatly encouraged by the level of interest from a wide range of members to serve on our board,” Dave Matcham, CEO of the IUA, said in the statement.