All Lloyd's of London articles
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ViewpointsLloyd’s sets out recommendations for building simpler insurance products in response to COVID-19
Lloyd’s today published a new report, Building simpler insurance products to better protect customers , which sets out a number of ways the global insurance industry could remove complexity and provide enhanced coverage clarity for their customers.
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Lloyd’s launches new report on cities at risk from global threats
Lloyd’s, today announced a new report: Cities at risk – Building a resilient future for the world’s urban centres , published in association with Urban Foresight and Newcastle University. Using four global trends, the report analyses the risks affecting cities now, and in the future, and how these threats ...
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Lloyd’s has launched a new “first-of-its-kind” business interruption policy for SMEs
Parametrix Insurance offers simple and reliable coverage by removing the traditional indemnity trigger that most insurance policies today use. Instead, the new solution uses a parametric trigger, meaning that the policy automatically pays out if a customer’s critical IT services – such as cloud, e-commerce or payment systems – are ...
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Lloyd’s of London backs FCA BI test case ruling
Lloyd’s of London has welcomed the FCA test case ruling as it will “bring coverage clarity for many policyholders with certain non-damage business interruption cover extensions. This is according to a statement released by Lloyd’s.
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People & Opinion
Lloyd’s Appoints US Market Development Director
Lloyd’s today announced the appointment of Uwe Schoberth as US Market Development Director, a newly created role focused on expanding strategic relationships with retail, wholesale and reinsurance brokers in its largest market.
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Lloyd’s of London expecting to pay out £5bn in claims, despite reporting stronger solvency position
Lloyd’s of London expects to pay out up to £5bn in Covid-19 customer claims on a gross basis, with £2bn of this figure being reinsured. It announced a loss of £0.4bn pre-tax for the first six months of 2020, compared to £2.3bn in 2019.
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Lloyd’s of London becomes target for climate campaigners as underwriting room reopens
As Lloyd’s of London reopens its underwriting room today, campaigners voiced their concerns at its doors, urging the insurance marketplace to drop insurance and investments in coal and tar sands projects. Lloyd’s of London workers were met with some climate protesters raising their concerns as they returned to work after ...
