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Lloyd’s falls to H1 net loss; expects gross COVID-19 claims of $6.5bn
10th September 2020
The specialist Lloyd's of London insurance and reinsurance marketplace has reported a loss of £0.4 billion (USD 0.5bn) in the first half of 2020, as COVID-19 related claims, after reinsurance recoveries, reached £2.4 billion (USD 3.1bn). On a gross basis, Lloyd's says that it expects to pay out up to £5 ... Read the full article
COVID-19 reinforces Lloyd’s need to modernise: AM Best
3rd September 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the importance of modernising Lloyd's and helped soften some of the cultural resistance to change, according to analysts at AM Best. As part of its execution plans for the first phase of strategy, Lloyd’s confirmed earlier this year that it was aiming to take a ... Read the full article
Average combined ratio of the world’s top reinsurers declined in 2019
2nd September 2020
Analysis of the Top 50 Global Reinsurance Groups reveals that, year-on-year, combined ratios trended higher for some of the largest players in the market in 2019 as underwriting profitability dipped for the cohort. When ranked by unaffiliated gross written premiums (GWP) in 2019, the top ten remains relatively unchanged year-on-year, ... Read the full article
Beat to launch new underwriting vehicle following Bain Capital partnership
2nd September 2020
Beat Capital Partners, an insurance industry-focused long duration investor, is set to enter into a strategic partnership with leading global credit specialist Bain Capital. Due to be completed in late 2020, this long-term strategic partnership will see Bain Capital fund a dedicated underwriting vehicle for Beat. The vehicle will provide capital through Syndicate 4242 ... Read the full article
LIIBA CEO Croft welcomes reopening of the underwriting room at Lloyd’s
1st September 2020
Christopher Croft, CEO of broker body LIIBA, has welcomed today's reopening of the Lloyd's underwriting room, describing the tacit knowledge exchange that comes from being together as "crucial" to London's ability to trade risks the rest of the world can’t. Lloyd’s CEO John Neal announced recently that face coverings will ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s names Carey Bond as US Head of Claims
25th August 2020
The specialist Lloyd's of London insurance and reinsurance marketplace has announced the appointment of Carey Bond as US Head of Claims. This newly created role forms part of the Future at Lloyd's strategy, and sees Bond collaborate with London brokers and syndicates on both the design and delivery of claim solutions ... Read the full article
Marco launches as P&C run-off specialist with €500m capital
21st August 2020
Marco Capital Holdings Limited, a new Malta-headquartered European Property & Casualty run-off solutions provider, has launched with €500 million in committed initial equity capital. The group, whose majority investor is US alternative investment management firm Oaktree, will pursue run-off opportunities located in/emanating from the Continental Europe, the UK and Lloyd's of London. Marco's initial committed ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s unlikely to turn an underwriting profit in 2020: S&P
21st August 2020
With COIVD-19 having already caused sizeable losses and with the North Atlantic hurricane season still a factor, S&P Global Ratings considers it unlikely that Lloyd's of London will turn an underwriting profit in 2020. S&P notes how despite an overall profit in 2019, its first since 2016, Lloyd's underwriting remained unprofitable, ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s Lab focus on COVID-19 solutions a positive for the industry: GlobalData
21st August 2020
Lloyd’s Lab, an incubator for startups in the re/insurance sector at Lloyd’s of London, will be continuing and actively focusing on pandemic solutions. Last month it announced the latest cohort of InsurTech disruptors that will join the Lloyd’s Lab innovation accelerator programme. The new Lab teams will join Praedicat, Metabiota ... Read the full article
Expect further international growth at Whitespace after a promising year: Marcus Broome
20th August 2020
After an impressive 2020 for digital e-trading platform, Whitespace, underpinned by rapid uptake and full recognition by Lloyd’s of London, Reinsurance News spoke with Marcus Broome, Chief Platform Officer. Broome has been in the insurance industry since 1985, originally working for a Lloyd’s syndicate before founding a technology business called ROOM ... Read the full article
COVID-19 compounds losses, uncertainty for Lloyd’s syndicates in 2019
19th August 2020
A recent forecast update for all syndicates supported by third party capital at re/insurance marketplace Lloyd’s of London shows that the 2019 year of account felt the lion's share of COVID-19 losses and caused a variety of outcomes and uncertainties. According to managing agency Argenta Group, Hiscox and Tokio Marine Kiln are ... Read the full article
Face masks mandatory as Lloyd’s details reopening strategy
18th August 2020
As the specialist re/insurance marketplace Lloyd’s of London moves closer to the re-opening of its Underwriting Room on September 1, it has announced a series of safety measures that will see face coverings mandatory in all public areas of the building. In a statement released today Lloyd’s CEO John Neal highlighted ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s increases electronic placement targets
12th August 2020
Insurance and reinsurance marketplace Lloyd’s of London has decided to increase its targets for electronic placement submissions/quotes for the third and fourth quarters of the year. From July 1, the target for risks bound will remain at 80%, but the targets for submissions/quotes have been raised to 25% for Q3 and ... Read the full article
Lloyd’s selects ten insurtechs for cohort focused on COVID-19 risks
11th August 2020
Specialist insurance and reinsurance market Lloyd’s has announced its new cohort of InsurTech disruptors that will join the Lloyd’s Lab innovation accelerator programme. The ten successful teams were selected after presenting their ideas in a competitive process during a virtual pitch day on 29 July 2020. This is the second completely virtual ... Read the full article
Helios eyes capital raise to bolster growth plans
10th August 2020
Helios Underwriting, the Lloyd’s of London investment and underwriting vehicle, has announced an update on its capacity portfolio and its growth plans. The company is looking to build a fund of capacity on the better quality syndicates at Lloyd's by acquiring existing limited liability vehicles (LLVs) and by taking up pre-emption capacity ... Read the full article
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