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Market discipline key as negative rates hit most classes: Lloyd’s CUO

28th November 2025

Rachel Turk, Chief Underwriting Officer at Lloyd’s, has acknowledged that rates have softened more quickly than anticipated, but emphasised that favourable trading conditions and ongoing market discipline are expected to drive strong performance for 2025. In the firm's Q4 Market Message, the CUO highlighted pockets of concern, urging the market to ... Read the full article

Ariel Re secures Lloyd’s approval for Syndicate 2006

28th November 2025

Global reinsurer Ariel Re Managing Agency Limited (Ariel Re) has announced that Lloyd’s has formally approved the establishment and management of Ariel Re Syndicate 2006. The syndicate has been granted Permission to Underwrite in line with its agreed business plan for the 2026 Year of Account. This follows confirmation from the ... Read the full article

Lloyd’s Europe to implement Reinsurance Collateral Deposit from Jan 1

25th November 2025

Lloyd’s Europe will implement a Reinsurance Collateral Deposit (RCD) from 1st January 2026 for the 2026 Year of Account (YoA) onwards to meet regulatory expectations, following market engagement with support from the LMA. Lloyd’s, the specialist insurance and reinsurance marketplace, said monies will be collected quarterly from participating syndicates by Lloyd’s ... Read the full article

Lloyd’s Syndicate forecasts for 2023 year of account remain very strong: Argenta

20th November 2025

Argenta Holdings Limited, a managing agent at Lloyd’s of London, has reported that the market's syndicate forecasts for the 2023 and 2024 underwriting years continue to show strong performance, reflecting disciplined underwriting and favourable market conditions. Argenta Holdings has highlighted that the 2023 year of account is performing exceptionally well, supported ... Read the full article

Lloyd’s launches probe into potential policy breaches following Neal reports

20th November 2025

Lloyd’s has launched a law firm-led investigation into potential breaches of policy following allegations of a workplace relationship involving former CEO John Neal. Back in January 2025, it was revealed that Neal, who served as CEO of Lloyd’s since October 2018, would be leaving the marketplace to join broking giant Aon ... Read the full article

Lloyd’s approves OAK Global’s Syndicate 1440 for underwriting

19th November 2025

OAK Global, an independent reinsurance group that provides risk solutions and underwriting capacity to clients worldwide, announced that Lloyd’s has granted approval for underwriting to begin through Syndicate 1440. The syndicate will operate within OAK Enterprise, a new strategic business unit that will offer property and specialty retrocession capacity for business ... Read the full article

HRP Syndicate 2689 at Lloyd’s announces key leadership appointments

19th November 2025

HRP Syndicate 2689 at Lloyd’s, a specialist insurance syndicate known for providing underwriting solutions across diverse sectors, has named Giancarlo D’Alessandro as its new Active Underwriter. Additionally, Leah Rose has been appointed as syndicate CEO, taking responsibility for the overall management and strategic oversight of the business. Both appointments are subject ... Read the full article

Dale and K2 receive ‘in principle’ approval from Lloyd’s to establish Syndicate 1954

17th November 2025

Dale Underwriting Partners, the trading name for Dale Managing Agency Limited’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 1729, and MGA platform K2 Insurance Services, have received ‘in principle’ approval from Lloyd’s to establish a new Special Purpose Arrangement (SPA), Syndicate 1954. The SPA, which will be managed by Dale Managing Agency Limited and hosted by ... Read the full article

Lloyd’s announces Council membership elections

14th November 2025

Lloyd’s, the London-headquartered specialist insurance and reinsurance market, has announced a couple of updates to its Council membership: the re-election of Richard Dudley, and Duncan Dale’s election. These changes follow elections to fill two working member vacancies, and come as Andrew Brooks steps down after nine years as a working member ... Read the full article

Atrium’s new Syndicate 2026 secures ‘in principle’ approval, targets initial GWP of $150m

12th November 2025

Atrium, an insurance group operating within the specialist Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance marketplace, has been granted “in principle” approval for its new delegated property catastrophe and weather and climate risk-focused Syndicate 2026. The new syndicate will start underwriting from January 1st, 2026, subject to the completion of all final approvals. It ... Read the full article

Alt IMs’ move into Lloyd’s and US sidecars increases credit and liquidity risks: Fitch Ratings

7th November 2025

Global credit rating agency Fitch Ratings warns that alternative investment managers’ (Alt IMs) growing participation in Lloyd’s syndicates and US casualty sidecars is introducing new third-party capital to the reinsurance market but also increasing potential credit, liquidity, valuation, and governance risks. According to Fitch, Alt IMs are channelling long-term insurance premiums ... Read the full article

Tokio Marine GX and Northcourt launch NC Fusion, Lloyd’s first insurance facility for nuclear fusion projects

29th October 2025

Tokio Marine GX (TMGX) and specialist MGA Northcourt, part of the Optio Group, have introduced NC Fusion, the first insurance facility within the Lloyd’s market designed specifically for nuclear fusion technology. The initiative establishes a clear insurance framework and capacity to support both the continued development and eventual commercialisation of fusion ... Read the full article

Syndicate Research assigns Continuity Opinions to several Lloyd’s syndicates

27th October 2025

Syndicate Research Limited (SRL) has announced that it has assigned its Continuity Opinions (SCOs) to a group of major Lloyd’s syndicates. SRL’s Continuity Opinions are forward-looking assessments of an individual Lloyd's syndicate's relative potential continuity prospects for policyholders over the insurance cycle, taking into account factors like cross-cycle returns on capital ... Read the full article

£86m traded in first 2025 Lloyd’s capacity auction, highest activity in a decade

24th October 2025

Trading in the first of Lloyd’s three 2025 capacity auctions reached £86 million, marking the most active opening auction in a decade, with capacity changing hands across 21 syndicates. According to data from Argenta, there were £32.7 million of subscriptions (offers to buy) against £35.2 million of tenders (offers to sell), ... Read the full article

Re/insurance industry must capitalise on huge data centre opportunity: Turk, Lloyd’s

17th October 2025

Data centres offer re/insurers a massive opportunity due to their scale, but they also carry significant risks, and if the industry cannot quickly provide solutions that meet the needs of technology giants, these risks could move into captives, said Rachel Turk, Chief Underwriting Officer at Lloyd’s, the specialist insurance and ... Read the full article