Lloyd’s of London
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Portrait of a Lloyd’s insurer
Penny Black has been out and about again, notebook in one hand and canapé in the other, keeping a keen eye on the insurance industry’s more whimsical moments.
Lloyd’s best-performing syndicates revealed
Renaissance Re-managed Syndicate 1458 has taken the top spot in Insurance DataLab’s 2026 Lloyd’s Underwriting Ratings, edging Aegis-managed Syndicate 1225 by less than 0.1 percentage points.
How should the insurance industry respond to sexual harassment law change?
As workplace sexual harassment laws are made stricter across the whole country, Séamus O’Hanlon asks if the insurance sector is prepared and if its culture has learned from previous systemic misconduct.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Howden’s Welcome to Wrexham
Penny Black has been out and about again, notebook in one hand and canapé in the other, keeping a keen eye on the insurance industry’s more whimsical moments.
Johnny Timpson warns Dive In closure risks inclusion slipping off agenda
Johnny Timpson has warned the insurance industry must find a new way to keep “belonging” a key focus after Dive In held its final festival last month.
Inga Beale urges workplace accessibility for domestic abuse survivors
Dame Inga Beale has urged insurers to help make the workplace more accessible for domestic abuse survivors, arguing that supporting victims would have wider economic and social benefits.
Answer to the London Market brain-drain lies in embedded AI
As veteran talent exits the London Market and junior staff numbers surge, Jamie McDonnell, London market director at Guidewire, says insurers must use embedded AI to speed up training and bridge the experience gap.
IUAD targets £500K fundraising record with Insurance Day for Dementia
Insurance United Against Dementia is targeting a record £500,000 in fundraising on this year’s Insurance Day for Dementia, with Lloyd’s underwriting floor set to be taken over as part of the campaign.
Beazley’s Cox exits as Zurich completes £8bn takeover
Adrian Cox is leaving Beazley as Zurich completes its £8bn acquisition of the specialty insurer.
Biba flood scheme pays £9m in claims over first decade
A specialist commercial flood insurance scheme from the British Insurance Brokers’ Association and Mi Specialty has paid more than £9m in claims to businesses over its first decade, with the scheme now covering £600m of assets.
Dive In closes with warning AI poses risk to gender equality
Women need to be entrepreneurial with artificial intelligence and use the technology without fear to ensure progress on gender equality is not reversed, according to AI Governance Limited founding director Sue Turner.
Penny Black’s Social Diary: Abseiling Superwoman; Pride party-food
Penny Black has been out and about again, notebook in one hand and canapé in the other, keeping a keen eye on the insurance industry’s more whimsical moments.
Insurers warned to prepare for wave of ‘AI-assisted grievances’
Insurance leaders have been warned to brace for a growing wave of AI-drafted workplace grievances, as staff increasingly use AI tools to escalate workplace disputes.
Empower’s Lydon on how to build your career network
Sam Lydon, managing director of Empower Development, kicked off the final day of Lloyd’s Dive In festival today (24 September) by explaining how to build a network to progress your career in insurance.
Is AI decimating the insurance sector’s training ground?
As artificial intelligence removes grunt work, the first of two Dive In special episodes of the Insurance Post Podcast explores whether the technology is destroying the training ground of entry-level roles.
Lloyd’s chair claims diversity ‘central’ to Dive In’s replacement
Sir Charles Roxburgh, chair of Lloyd’s, kicked off the final Dive In festival this morning (22 September) by insisting diversity, inclusion and belonging will be “central” to whatever replaces the annual conference.
Former Google AI lead raises concerns over AI use in insurance
Toju Duke, former programme manager for responsible artificial intelligence at Google, has raised concerns about the potential impact of heavy AI use on the cognitive abilities of insurance workers.
MPs and activists call for ‘proactive’ reform to Flood Re's insurers
MPs and climate change activists have called on the government to use ongoing flood policy reforms to examine whether insurers benefiting from Flood Re should also be financing or underwriting fossil fuel projects.
15 insurtechs compete in ‘record-breaking’ Lloyd’s Lab
Lloyd’s Lab ran its 17th cohort pitch day on Thursday (10 September) as start-ups competed in the realms of space-weather data, weather intervention, and frontier-AI forecasting.
Lloyd’s Tiernan reflects on 9/11 25 years on
Patrick Tiernan, CEO of Lloyd’s, made these closing remarks at the London market, Aon and Marsh's remembrance service for September 11 today.
Lloyd’s gathers to remember 9/11 victims 25 years on
Lloyd’s, Aon and Marsh gathered to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks today (11 September), remembering those who lost their lives.