﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:a10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Lloyd's of London | News and Insight</title><link>http://www.lloyds.com/</link><description>Latest news from Lloyd's of London</description><language>en-gb</language><copyright>Lloyd's of London 2010</copyright><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2012/Small-is-beautiful-how-SMEs-are-shaping-new-economies</link><title>Small is beautiful: how SMEs are shaping new economies</title><description>From the roll out of supermarket chains in China to the building of high speed rail links in India, new and growing economies are investing in manufacturing, infrastructure, transport and energy projects as never before.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2012/Lloyds-overseas-representatives-converge-on-London</link><title>Lloyd's overseas representatives converge on London</title><description>A high point of the Lloyd’s calendar, the annual representatives’ conference will be opened by CEO Richard Ward later this month. </description><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 16:06:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2012/It-never-rains-but-it-pours</link><title>It never rains, but it pours</title><description>After two of the driest winters on record, farmers in the UK are learning how to cope with drought </description><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 17:01:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2012/The-Bard-and-insuring-the-boards</link><title>The Bard and insuring the boards</title><description>It will be alright on the night. If not, there’s always insurance…</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:38:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2012/Lloyds-celebrates-its-Dutch-future-with-historic-event</link><title>Lloyd's celebrates Dutch future with historic event</title><description>Lloyd’s first Meet the Market event in Rotterdam has brought the Dutch and Lloyd’s markets closer together. </description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:33:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2012/New-terrorism-consortium-to-protect-underinsured</link><title>New terrorism consortium to protect under-insured</title><description>A new insurance consortium, Xin, has been launched by Lloyd’s syndicates, specialising in helping businesses protect against the on-going threat of a terrorist attack in Asia.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:52:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2012/John-Nelson-speaks-at-IIL-Presidents-lunch</link><title>John Nelson speaks at IIL President’s lunch</title><description>Lloyd’s Chairman John Nelson spoke today at the Insurance Institute of London President's annual lunch at the Mansion House, London.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:30:00 Z</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2012/Our-industry-needs-you</link><title>Our industry needs you!</title><description>The UK insurance industry is finding new ways of promoting itself to attract young talent</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:30:00 Z</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2012/Electronic-endorsements-extend-across-the-market</link><title>Electronic endorsements extend across the market </title><description>The London Market Group (LMG) has announced that the electronic endorsements initiative will extend to all classes of business from 5 March 2012</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:30:00 Z</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2012/Lost-in-translation</link><title>Lost in translation</title><description>Big brands may not always get the reception they anticipate in new markets</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:00:00 Z</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2012/Walking-the-tightrope</link><title>Walking the tightrope</title><description>Lloyd’s is not a market to baulk at insuring extreme performers from stunt doubles to circus performers</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:37:00 Z</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2012/Play-sport-will-travel</link><title>Play sport, will travel</title><description>From fencing to football, a growing number of sports people want to compete at an international level. But losing a game on a team tour is not the only risk</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:30:00 Z</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2012/Travelers-event-cancellation-cover-extended</link><title>Travelers’ event cancellation cover extended</title><description>Travelers has announced that it is rolling out its Lloyd's event cancellation cover to regional brokers through its company operation so that more clients around the UK can access this bespoke cover. </description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:00:00 Z</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2012/Developing-new-opportunities-in-India</link><title>Developing new opportunities in India</title><description>Jose Ribeiro, Director of International Markets at Lloyd's, will next week lead a delegation of managing agents and Lloyd's brokers to India to talk to local cedants and brokers about how the Lloyd's market can serve the rapidly developing Indian market.  </description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:53:00 Z</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2012/Lloyds-on-board-as-Chinese-economy-takes-off</link><title>Lloyd's on board as Chinese economy takes off</title><description>It's Chinese New Year, and Chinese communities around the world are celebrating with firework displays, festivals, parades, and dragon dances to scare away evil spirits. </description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:51:00 Z</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2012/Navigators-first-of-a-kind-product-proves-popular</link><title>Navigators’ first-of-a-kind product proves popular</title><description>Lloyd's syndicate Navigators has launched the first ever Directors and Officers (D&amp;O) product to protect corporate Directors specifically for defence costs. </description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:18:00 Z</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Televising-the-big-event</link><title>Televising the big event</title><description>The Golden Globes is a moment of glitz and glamour in an otherwise dreary month... assuming there are no technical hitches</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:57:00 Z</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/In-gold-we-trust</link><title>In gold we trust</title><description>Worries around the future of the Euro have whetted investors’ appetite for gold, including those who were already looking around for alternatives to spice up their flat investment portfolios.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:30:00 Z</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Online-shopping-delivers-greater-retailer-risk</link><title>Online shopping delivers greater retailer risk</title><description>The growth in internet shopping brings new risks for retailers, but cyber and payment fraud insurance can protect companies during critical trading periods like Christmas</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:30:00 Z</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/A-credit-crunching-Christmas</link><title>A credit-crunching Christmas</title><description>Santa baby, forgot to mention one little thing, a ring – I don’t mean on the phone</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:20:00 Z</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/The-Da-Vinci-coup</link><title>The da Vinci coup</title><description>Leonardo has bucked the post-financial crisis lull with a major exhibition currently underway at London’s National Gallery</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:00:00 Z</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Kentucky-bloodstock-gets-cash-injection</link><title>Kentucky bloodstock gets cash injection</title><description>Lloyd's trots out its 30th year of donations for global equine research</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:08:00 Z</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Politics-and-marine-pollution</link><title>Politics and marine pollution</title><description>Political pressure following marine oil spills can undermine international conventions that limit liability</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:00:00 Z</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Renewal-discussions-kick-off-in-Baden-Baden</link><title>Renewal discussions kick off in Baden Baden</title><description>The German spa town of Baden-Baden, which sits elegantly on the edge of the Black Forest, came to prominence in the 19th century as a summer retreat for well-heeled music lovers. </description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:39:00 Z</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Waking-the-dead</link><title>Waking the dead</title><description>Skeletons and plague pits are grisly and surprisingly frequent finds in major construction projects</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:16:00 Z</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Telematics-and-satellites-enhance-risk-understanding</link><title>Telematics and satellites enhance risk understanding</title><description>Satellite and cellular technology is helping underwriters better understand risk, as well as reducing the frequency and cost of claims. </description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:17:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Feeding-the-world</link><title>Feeding the world</title><description>Population growth is putting intense pressure on global food resources and changing the face of agriculture</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:42:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Disaster-models-make-waves</link><title>Disaster models make waves</title><description>Computerised catastrophe models that simulate the effects of natural disasters have become one of the most important parts of every insurer’s risk toolkit. </description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:27:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Lloyds_supports_offshore_wind_energy_growth</link><title>Lloyd’s supports offshore wind energy</title><description>Despite the twin challenges of harsh weather conditions and new technology, offshore wind power generation will become a major source of renewable energy in the UK over the next decade.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:30:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Building_board_diversity</link><title>Building board diversity</title><description>Can a better mix of women and men at board level produce a stronger organisation?</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:03:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Taking_on_the_pirates</link><title>Taking on the pirates</title><description>Carrying guns on ships is an increasingly popular but highly controversial deterrent to the piracy threat</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Challenges-of-deepwater-drilling</link><title>Challenges of deepwater drilling</title><description>As the wide-ranging impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the south coast of the United States continue to be felt, Lloyd's today published a new report that warns of the technical and operational risks associated with drilling in extreme environments.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:53:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Rising-claims-reflect-cyber-concerns-of-multi-nationals</link><title>Rising claims reflect cyber concerns of multi nationals</title><description>Cyber insurance claims have been increasing of late, as tougher data protection laws and high profile security breaches worry international companies.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:16:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Remembering-September-11th</link><title>Remembering 9/11</title><description>The tragic events of September 11 2001 changed the world’s perception of risk. </description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:09:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Specialist-2011/Protecting-businesses-against-nuclear-exclusion-zone-risk</link><title>Protecting businesses against nuclear exclusion zone risk</title><description>Broker Willis has developed an insurance product for businesses impacted by nuclear exclusion zones</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:54:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Football-transfer-season-puts-Lloyds-in-a-league-of-its-own</link><title>Football transfer season puts Lloyd's in a league of its own</title><description>The English football season got off to an exciting start this summer, with many teams trading players right up until the transfer window deadline at the end of August.</description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:04:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Market-modernisation-delivers-results</link><title>Market modernisation delivers results</title><description>Modernisation initiatives are now producing real benefits at Lloyd’s, laying the foundations for the next phase of reform.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:25:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Fact-finding-mission-to-Turkey-reveals-opportunities</link><title>Fact-finding mission to Turkey reveals opportunities</title><description>Driven by significant market support, a large Lloyd’s delegation travelled to Istanbul for a market development visit in July. Istanbul is aspiring to become a regional and international financial hub – positioning itself as the main business and commerce centre of Turkey, a junction between Europe and Asia.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:08:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Clear-the-decks-its-Cowes-Week</link><title>Clear the decks – it’s Cowes Week</title><description>Not only will Lloyd’s be covering many of the competitors at Cowes Week, it will be competing as well</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:30:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Paperback-pirates-worry-publishers</link><title>Paperback pirates worry publishers</title><description>Could illegal downloads of e-books have the same impact on publishing as file-sharing is having on the music industry?</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:16:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/After-the-deluge</link><title>After the deluge – ensuring sustainability in a soft market</title><description>The purpose of insurance has been brought home as never before to the householders, businesses and governments of Australia and New Zealand.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:55:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Specialist-2011/Lloyds-stretches-cover-to-yoga</link><title>Lloyd's stretches cover to yoga</title><description>Yoga has been around for some 5,000 years, but its mixture of spiritual and physical exercise has made it a popular way to escape from the stresses of modern day life.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:23:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Specialist-2011/Insurers-prepare-for-a-new-era-in-space</link><title>Insurers prepare for new era in space</title><description>As NASA’s space shuttle programme comes to a successful end, commercial space companies are queuing up to take that giant leap into space – and underwriters at Lloyd’s are working with them to make sure they have the insurance cover they need.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:25:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Specialist-2011/Keeping-the-show-on-the-road</link><title>Keeping the show on the road</title><description>The days are longer, the sun is shining (sometimes) and for most music fans the summer means only one thing: festivals.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:46:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Carcinogenic-mobile-phones-the-truth</link><title>‘Carcinogenic’ mobile phones: behind the headlines</title><description>Headline writers and newspaper sub-editors were sent into overdrive recently by a warning from the World Health Organization's cancer research agency that mobile phones are "possibly carcinogenic".</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:53:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/UN-examines-Law-of-the-Sea-challenges</link><title>UN examines Law of the Sea challenges</title><description>The UN meets to investigate continuing uncertainty over jurisdiction and pollution liability at sea</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:08:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/All-change-for-data-protection-rules</link><title>All change for data protection rules</title><description>New EU data protection laws could have costly repercussions for businesses</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 09:16:00 +0100</pubDate></item><item><link>http://www.lloyds.com/News-and-Insight/News-and-Features/Market-news/Industry-News-2011/Copy-of-Lloyds-encourages-access-to-international-markets</link><title>Lloyd's encourages access to international markets</title><description>As levels of international trade and the importance of emerging economies increases, Lloyd’s has been very active in its efforts to open up access to overseas markets. </description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:01:00 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The Totnes-based Lloyd’s coverholder is the first ever insurance provider to win it. </description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:15:00 +0100</pubDate></item></channel></rss><!-- server: prod-fe1 -->
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