Former Hanover Insurance Group President and CEO and QBE non-executive director Fred Eppinger has retired from the board after less than a year.

QBE announced last week in a brief investor update that Mr Eppinger recently took up a CEO role in the US, which made it challenging for him to “devote the appropriate amount of time” to QBE.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Mr Eppinger is presently CEO of Stewart Title, a US provider of residential services such as title insurance, escrow and settlement services.

He joined the QBE board early this year. He led the Hanover Insurance Group for 13 years until 2016.