Following a meeting of the Board held on 25 October 2011, the Directors are pleased to ratify the following appointments.

Mark Wood has assumed the role of Chairman of Chaucer Syndicates Limited with effect from 1 October 2011, following the resignation of Bob Deutsch.

Christopher Stooke has assumed the role of Chairman of the Audit Committee of Chaucer Syndicates Limited with effect from 1 October, following the resignation of Richard Scholes.

Andrew Robinson, Executive Vice President of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc., and Tim Carroll continue as Non-executive Directors of Chaucer Syndicates Limited. Tim is also a member of the Audit and Risk and Capital Committees. 


Robert Stuchbery, Chief Executive Officer, commented,

"I would like to thank Bob Deutsch and Richard Scholes for their dedicated service to Chaucer over the last eight years and I look forward to working with both Mark Wood and Christopher Stooke in their new roles.