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Richard Ward visits Warsaw and Zurich

Richard Ward has been visiting Lloyd?s offices in Warsaw and Zurich and giving lectures on the topic of risk at the cities leading universities. Starting in Poland, Richard hosted a reception at the W... Read Entire Article

Falling from grace: the high price of fame

Disgraced sports personalities like Tiger Woods can prove a costly burden for their backers. Since the story broke of indiscretions in his personal life in December, it is estimated that shareholders ... Read Entire Article

Lord Levene visits Japan and South Korea

Lloyd?s Chairman, Lord Levene, was in Japan and South Korea last week where he opened the new Lloyd?s Japan office and hosted an event with Korean Re, Lloyd?s ? A Working Partnership. The visit starte... Read Entire Article

Pole dancing? Lloyd?s has it covered

As people look for ever more imaginative ways to keep fit, pole dancing has become an increasingly fashionable way to exercise. The steamy dance-form, more often associated with a certain type of gent... Read Entire Article

Predicted UK civil litigation crisis passes

In the mid 2000s, it was predicted that the relaxation of rules on how court actions in the UK are funded would open the floodgates to a torrent of corporate litigation. It was said British companies ... Read Entire Article

60 seconds with...Emily Freeman

Lloyds.com speaks to Emily Freeman, executive director for technology and media risks at Lloyd's broker Lockton, on cyber risk, mobile technology and Bach. You work in such a fast moving sector, how d... Read Entire Article

Lawsuit highlights IP risks

Outdoor pursuits clothing manufacturer The North Face ? whose clothing is worn by mountaineers and polar explorers ? has become embroiled in a legal dispute with an American teenager who has launched ... Read Entire Article

Diamonds are a burglar?s best friend

Lloyds.com interviews John Shaw, a loss adjuster who specialises in jewellery and specie claims. He runs his own firm SW Associates based in Paris. How did you get started as a loss adjuster for the j... Read Entire Article

Terrorism risk - a moving target?

The source of any terrorist attack is constantly monitored by Governments and security forces to prevent the location from developing into a sophisticated and well resourced extremist hub. The recent ... Read Entire Article

Claims performance brought into the spotlight

Underwriting performance has been the centre of attention at Lloyd?s ever since the formation of the performance directorate under Rolf Tolle and now managed by Tom Bolt. But at the same time as Lloy... Read Entire Article

Lloyd's ranked strongest insurance brand

Lloyd?s reputation going in to a new decade has never been stronger. In January Lloyd?s Chairman, Lord Levene, was named 2009 Insurance Leader of the Year by the St. John?s University School of Risk M... Read Entire Article

Art in motion: Moving great masters

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Lloyd?s cover smoothes cost of fertility treatment

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, infertility affects about 7.3 million women and their partners in the US, about 12% of the reproductive-age population. And in the UK infert... Read Entire Article

Reputation on the line

Digital media, 24-hour news and the growth of social networking are driving organisations to change the way they map and react to reputational risk. That was the message from speakers at an Editorial ... Read Entire Article

Exchange milestone reached

Just a year after market executives crowded into the Old Library at Lloyd?s to hear operations director Sue Langley present her vision of an IT hub for the market, the Exchange is officially ?open for... Read Entire Article

Olympic fever

The lack of snow isn?t enough to halt the 2010 Winter Olympics As the world?s top winter athletes descend on Vancouver ahead of the Opening Ceremony, years of planning have gone into preparing for ev... Read Entire Article

Bubbling under ? disasters waiting to happen

Volcanologists adore Mount Mayon, which overlooks the Philippine island of Luzon, because of her perfect conical shape and her habit of regularly reminding people of her potentially explosive power. B... Read Entire Article

Lloyd?s brand is top of mind, top of class

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Changes to the LLMIT

The Lloyd's and London Market Introductory Test (LLMIT) is to receive a number of new features and benefits, that will see it available around the world. From August, 2010, users of the LLMIT will be... Read Entire Article

Election time: a year of political change

At the end of January, Sri Lanka?s president looked set to be re-elected in the first election since the end of the 25-year civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels. But Sri Lanka is just one of many countri... Read Entire Article

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