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Lloyd's to only take on "inherently profitable" business plans

Richard Ward

Lloyd’s has denied coming down harder on underwriters to write reasonably priced risks but admitted it will be more difficult to convince the market of profitable business plans.

Chief executive Richard Ward said Lloyd's could not rely on investment income to subsidise underwriting and "must decline under-priced risks".

He said this as Lloyd’s reported a £697m loss in its

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