Welcome to Lloyd’s
For more than three centuries, the Lloyd’s market has been sharing risk to protect people and businesses, inspiring them to create a braver world.
Lloyd’s is the world’s leading insurance and reinsurance marketplace
Through the collective intelligence and risk-sharing expertise of the market’s underwriters and brokers, Lloyd’s helps to create a braver world.
The Lloyd’s market provides the leadership and insight to anticipate and understand risk, and the knowledge to develop relevant, new and innovative forms of insurance for customers globally.
And it promises a trusted, enduring partnership built on the confidence that Lloyd’s protects what matters most: helping people, businesses and communities to recover in times of need.
Our marketplace
Our purpose
Everything we do is underpinned by one unifying purpose: sharing risk to create a braver world.
Our strategy
We have four key strategic priorities that will enable us to deliver value to our stakeholders; Performance, Digitalisation, Purpose, and Culture.
The Corporation
The Lloyd’s Corporation acts as the market’s independent guardian, responsible for protecting, promoting and providing valued support services to every market participant.
Our past
From its beginnings in a coffee house in 1688, Lloyd’s has been a pioneer in insurance and has grown over 330 years to become the world’s leading market for specialist insurance.
Our home
Lloyd’s has always been an institution that at once embraces tradition and encourages innovation. This dual spirit is echoed in our award-winning building in Lime Street, London.
Our future
Lloyd’s is building the world’s most technologically advanced insurance marketplace, providing customers with the widest range of risk solutions and services to help them face these new risks with confidence.
Our impact on society
Lloyd's responsible business approach underpins our core mission, which is to support global economic growth, enable human progress, and help nations, businesses and communities recover post disaster by paying claims.
Our people and culture
Culture at Lloyd’s
Creating an inclusive marketplace is a priority for us. We are determined to create a working environment at Lloyd’s where everyone feels safe, valued and respected.
Get in touch
Media centre
Explore our press releases, read our key facts and figures, download copyright free images, and find contact details for the media relations team in the Lloyd’s media centre.
Investor relations
Find information on Lloyd’s financial performance and financial strength ratings.
Lloyd’s Pulse Survey
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