What we do

What is insurance?

Lloyd’s is the world’s specialist insurance market, conducting business in over 200 countries and territories worldwide and covers some of the world’s largest, most individual and complicated risks.

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Insurance and Lloyd's

Over 300 years ago, Lloyd’s started out in Edward Lloyd’s coffee house – and now we are the world’s market for specialist insurance.

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What Lloyd's insures

A unique combination of outstanding expertise and talent, backed by unparalleled financial strength, is what enables Lloyd’s to offer individual and innovative cover, whatever the challenges.

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How to place risk at Lloyd's

The majority of business written at Lloyd’s is placed through brokers who facilitate the risk transfer process between clients (policyholders) and underwriters.

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Why choose Lloyd's

Lloyd’s is the world’s leading specialist insurance market. Policyholders bring their business to Lloyd’s from all over the world for many reasons

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Case Studies

Find out more about what Lloyd's does by exploring some interactive case studies