It will be his fifth year in total to hold the role, having previously been in the position for three years up to 2013.

On his re-election, Hurley said: “I’m delighted to resume as chairman once more and I’m looking forward to what lies ahead. There is no doubt we have a challenging year ahead once more, however, we accomplished a lot of what we set out to do in 2013 with regard to insurance and the new health and safety programmes have been a huge success.