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S&P Says Underwriting in Lloyd’s Market Continues to Improve

Aug 21 2020 // The Lloyd’s market looks unlikely to turn an underwriting profit in 2020 given the pandemic and hurricane season. However, there a signs of improvement, according to analysts at S&P Global Ratings.S&P notes...

Middle East Insurers Likely to Absorb Bulk of Losses from Beirut Port Blast: Sources

Aug 14 2020 // Insurers in the Middle East are expected to absorb a large part of the losses from Beirut’s explosion last week with Lloyd’s of London and other international players expected to be less exposed, insurance...

Lloyd’s Selects 10 Insurtechs for Its Innovation Accelerator, Focusing on COVID-19 Risks

Aug 11 2020 // The Lloyd’s re/insurance market announced the latest cohort of insurtech disruptors that will join its Lloyd’s Lab innovation accelerator program with a focus on COVID-19 products and solutions.The insurtechs...

Lloyd’s Broker Ed Taps Ulhaq from RFIB to Expand Int’l Facultative Reinsurance Offering

Aug 6 2020 // Ed, the London-based reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, announced the appointment of Assad Ulhaq as senior broker and producer with immediate effect. In this role Ulhaq will focus on international property...

Lloyd’s Promotes Spyropoulos to CEO, Lloyd’s Asia, and Country Manager, Singapore

Aug 4 2020 // Lloyd’s, the specialist insurance and reinsurance market, announced it has promoted Pavlos Spyropoulos to CEO of Lloyd’s Asia and country manager of Singapore, effective July 29, 2020.Spyropoulos has more than...

Lloyd’s Launches Culture Dashboard, Sets Gender Target for Market

Jul 31 2020 // The Lloyd’s re/insurance market has launched a Culture Dashboard and has set a gender target for the market supported by a commitment to achieve parity between men and women over the next decade.These measures mark...

AXA XL Announces Leadership Team for UK & Lloyd’s Region

Jul 27 2020 // AXA XL announced the new leadership team for its UK & Lloyd’s region. Effective immediately, the appointments are part of the proposed changes to the operating model of AXA XL’s Insurance business following...

Lloyd’s Insurer Beazley Reports 1st Half Loss of $13.8M on Mounting COVID-19 Claims

Jul 23 2020 // British insurer Beazley swung to a loss for the first half on Thursday after setting aside $170 million for coronavirus-related claims, saying the fallout from the crisis would be similar to a major natural catastrophe.The...

New Lloyd’s Syndicate-in-a-Box Created to Insure Transport of Future COVID-19 Vaccine

Jul 23 2020 // Lloyd’s, the specialist insurance and reinsurance market, announced the creation and in principle approval of its newest “syndicate-in-a-box,” Syndicate 1796,* set up to insure the storage and...

Lloyd’s to Exit U.S. Admitted Market to Focus More on U.S. Surplus Lines, Reinsurance Markets

Jul 20 2020 // Lloyd’s announced it plans to stop accepting admitted market accounts in the United States in a year and focus on the U.S. reinsurance and excess and surplus (E&S) insurance market, where it is the market...

Lloyd’s Underwriters Sue Indiana Archdiocese Over Liability Insurance Response

Jul 17 2020 // An insurance company is suing the Indianapolis archdiocese, alleging that it failed to disclose allegations of child sexual abuse by a Catholic priest when it applied for liability insurance.Underwriters for Lloyd’s...

U.S. Pressures Insurers, Certifiers, Shippers in Enforcing Tougher Sanctions on Venezuela

Jul 14 2020 // Several companies that certify vessels are seaworthy and ship insurers have withdrawn services to tankers involved in the Venezuelan oil trade as the United States targets the maritime industry to tighten sanctions on the...

U.S. Targets Ship Insurers, Maritime Industry to Strengthen Venezuela Sanctions

Jul 13 2020 // Several companies that certify vessels are seaworthy and ship insurers have withdrawn services to tankers involved in the Venezuelan oil trade as the United States targets the maritime industry to tighten sanctions on the...

Lloyd’s to Exit U.S. Admitted Market, Focus on U.S. Surplus Lines, Reinsurance

Jul 10 2020 // Lloyd’s announced it plans to stop accepting admitted market accounts in the U.S. in a year and focus on the U.S. reinsurance and excess and surplus (E&S) insurance market, where it is the market leader.As part...

Kovrr Develops Open Framework for Measuring Catastrophic Cyber Risk

Jul 9 2020 // Kovrr, a cyber risk modeling company, announced it has developed an easy-to-use open framework to measure and understand catastrophic cyber risk exposure.The CRA-Zones™ framework defines the minimal elements needed to...

Lloyd’s Market Assn. Launches Delegated Authority Group to Set Future Business Model

Jul 8 2020 // The Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) has launched a Delegated Authority Committee (DAC) to inform and guide the evolution of this important aspect of Lloyd’s underwriting, distribution and claims.Delegated...

Lloyd’s Innovation Accelerator Focuses on COVID-19 Market Response with 3 Insurtechs

Jul 8 2020 // Lloyd’s has started work with three insurtech startups to help the market respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.As part of its package of measures to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lloyd’s has expanded the scope,...

AXA XL Names McGovern as CEO UK & Lloyd’s Market

Jul 8 2020 // AXA XL announced that Sean McGovern has been appointed as CEO UK & Lloyd’s market, subject to regulatory approval.McGovern had been performing the role on an interim basis for some months and has now been...

American Companies Facing Pressure to Reveal Data on Diversity of Employees

Jul 6 2020 // American companies are coming under increasing pressure from investors to publicly disclose information about diversity among employees in the wake of nationwide protests against racial discrimination.Many executives have...

How to Prepare for the Next ‘Black-Swan’ Event? Lloyd’s Has Some Suggestions.

Jul 2 2020 // Lloyd’s of London is proposing solutions that could provide customers with greater protection against a future wave of the COVID-19 virus or future systemic – “black swan” – catastrophes, such as...