Hiscox, the London-listed insurer, is near naming a brand new chairman practically eight months after the drowning of Jonathan Bloomer on the posh yacht of know-how tycoon Mike Lynch.
Insurance coverage insiders mentioned that Mr Berliand was amongst fewer than a handful of potential successors to Mr Bloomer.
The sinking of the Bayesian off the Sicilian coast final August claimed the lives of Mr Lynch and his daughter, together with 5 different passengers, together with Mr Bloomer.
A former boss of Prudential, Mr Bloomer was a popular determine within the Metropolis.
He had chaired Hiscox for only a 12 months when he died.
The identities of the opposite candidates being thought of by the corporate have been unclear on Monday.
Hiscox, which has a market capitalisation of simply over £3.8bn, has seen its shares slip by about 12pc over the past 12 months.
It was based as a single underwriter at Lloyd’s in 1901.
A Hiscox spokesperson declined to remark.
