21st July 2017
Lloyd's has revealed new measures to facilitate faster response in case of a market turning-event (MTE) as it aims to improve market support with "smarter, stronger" oversight. Lloyd’s said it would focus on shortening the review and agreement process of business and capital plans, allowing syndicates to respond more effectively to ... Read the full article
21st July 2017
German reinsurance firm Hannover Re has announced the completion of its acquisition of Lloyd's of London focused player Argenta Holdings Limited, which gives the reinsurer a ready-made syndicate and Lloyd's private capital manager. The acquisition, which was completed yesterday and is effective today, sees Hannover Re gain a Lloyd's syndicate manager ... Read the full article
18th July 2017
SART Specialty Limited (SART Specialty), which is part of one of Hong Kong's largest Managing General Agents (MGA), SART Group, has received all necessary approval to become a Lloyd's of London Coverholder, supporting its expansion plans. SART Specialty will underwrite specialist marine business lines, including marine hull, marine cargo, ports and terminals liabilities, ... Read the full article
17th July 2017
Lloyd's and Cyence have produced a report that highlights potential economic losses of up to $121 billion from cyber attacks with less than a fifth being covered by re/insurance, revealing a cyber protection gap in the tens of billions of dollars. The report looks at both a cloud service provider hack and a ... Read the full article
14th July 2017
Bermudian Insurer and reinsurer AXIS Capital Holdings Limited and its operating subsidiaries, have received all the necessary approval from Lloyd's of London, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) unit of the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), to establish its own Lloyd's managing agent. Effective August 4th, 2017, AXIS Managing ... Read the full article
10th July 2017
Australia's Ensurance Ltd has announced that its wholly owned Managing General Agency (MGA) subsidiary, Ensurance UK Ltd, has partnered with Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and XL Catlin, and also received Lloyd's Coverholder status as it continues its plans for international growth. Ensurance UK Ltd will initially specialise in construction and engineering ... Read the full article
10th July 2017
Jon Hancock, Lloyd's Director of Performance Management, spoke at the recent ALM Annual Conference on plans for 2017 structural changes which aim to drive growth, incorporate latest technologies, reduce currently "unsustainable" distribution and admin costs and adapt to meet emerging market risks. Lloyd's is working to introduce a series of performance ... Read the full article
6th July 2017
The Lloyd's Market Association's Claims Committee (LMACC) will support and fund a satellite imagery and intelligence scheme for Lloyd's of London managing agents. The new service will be open to all Lloyd's managing agents, and is designed to improve claims processes and exposure management, both pre and post a natural disaster, ... Read the full article
4th July 2017
Speaking at the MMC Young Professionals Forum in his first speech as Lloyd’s new chairman, Bruce Carnegie-Brown said the re/insurance industry needed to ramp its efforts to change and innovate or risk falling prey to disruption by external players. He drew on challenges of industry disruption from his previous role as ... Read the full article
3rd July 2017
Robert Childs, a Non-Executive Chairman of insurance and reinsurance firm Hiscox, has been appointed to the position of Deputy Chairman of Lloyd’s of London, taking up the position immediately. Childs takes over from Paul Jardine, who retired from the Deputy Chairman role earlier this year following nine years of service. Childs ... Read the full article
29th June 2017
In response to the continued deterioration in underwriting performance and increasing catastrophe risk exposure, Fitch Ratings (Fitch) has revised the Lloyd's of London's and Lloyd's Insurance Company (China) Ltd's outlook to Negative from Stable. At the same time international financial services rating agency, Fitch, has also affirmed the Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) Ratings at ... Read the full article
26th June 2017
The Corporation of Lloyd's, the body that oversees and supports the Lloyd’s market to ensure efficient operation, will find its headcount reduced by around 10% in the upcoming organisational restructure, Chief Executive Inga Beale said today. In a half-yearly letter to employees and the Lloyd's of London insurance and reinsurance market, ... Read the full article
26th June 2017
John Hancock, the Performance Management Director at Lloyd's of London, warned that the market needs to "address its decline in underwriting performance because the current trend is not sustainable" in a recent speech. Speaking to private or independent capital providers to the insurance and reinsurance market at the Association of Lloyd's ... Read the full article
20th June 2017
CATRisk Solutions has released a new Lloyd's sponsored earthquake risk model, which offers bespoke solutions for risk assessment in the Middle Eastern region - where according to the model, nearly one fifth of the population live in areas at risk of earthquakes. The new risk tool, which has been released on the Oasis ... Read the full article
15th June 2017
Bruce Carnegie-Brown has formally begun his position as the Chairman of the Lloyd's of London specialist insurance and reinsurance market today. Carnegie-Brown takes over from the outgoing John Nelson who has retired from the position. Carnegie-Brown commented on the appointment; “I am very excited to get started. In the months since my ... Read the full article
