In November 2023, Lloyd’s launched Inclusive Futures: a market-wide programme of initiatives to help Black and ethnically diverse individuals participate and progress from the classroom to the boardroom.
The programme has been shaped in consultation with Black experts and ethnically diverse colleagues from across the Lloyd’s market to deliver meaningful, lasting change towards a more inclusive marketplace and society. It includes important interventions from our hiring and development to our investments and charitable giving, spanning the next decade and beyond.
We took a moment to reflect on the impact Inclusive Futures has made so far. From powerful partnerships to visible change, the programme is driving progress across the market.
Watch the video below to learn about the programme’s key achievements and hear from some of our founding partners.
Inclusive Futures is backed by the Inclusive Futures Coalition – a collective of eight leading Lloyd’s market firms and three trusted delivery partners (listed below) who will deliver the programme’s three flagship initiatives: higher education bursaries, an early careers talent pool and a Board-level talent pool.
You can explore the full programme, and read about the Inclusive Futures Coalition, using the below tabs.
We’ll build awareness and understanding of slavery and its impacts – while making our institutions more diverse.
Bursaries. Enable hundreds more Black and ethnically diverse students to go through higher education in the UK.
Research. Publish Lloyd’s Collection catalogue and support Black Beyond Data's digital exhibition launch.
Assemblies. Run assemblies in UK secondary schools using Black Beyond Data’s research materials.
Workshops. Deliver workshops in UK communities using Black Beyond Data’s research materials.
We’ll help Black and ethnically diverse talent find and access careers in insurance, in support of our one in three hiring ambition.
Early Careers. Create an early careers talent pool with Equity to bring thousands more Black and ethnically diverse individuals into our market.
Charities. Invest in employability charities to help diverse individuals access the workplace.
Ecosystem. Help Black-owned suppliers, syndicates and startups to understand and access the Lloyd’s ecosystem.
We’ll offer targeted development programmes to help Black and ethnically diverse talent advance in their careers.
Board Level. Create a pool of Board-ready Black and ethnically diverse candidates with recruitment specialists Green Park.
Mentoring & Sponsorship. Create a mentoring and sponsorship programme for hires from the talent pool.
Development. Provide a subsidy towards study for a Masters’ degree
Networks. Increase funding to the Lloyd’s market’s ethnicity networks.
We’ll support growth and close gaps in the global communities most affected by historical slavery.
Impact investments. Invest in funds aligned to UN Sustainable Development Goal of ‘Reducing Inequality’ for regions affected by historical enslavement.
Insurance solutions. Commission research through Lloyd’s Futureset to explore protection gaps and potential risk solutions in regions affected by historical enslavement.
Lloyd’s partnered with MCII to research climate related insurance gaps in the Caribbean. The report is available via the link below.
The report provides an overview of climate related insurance gaps, explores the factors influencing climate related insurance gaps and identifies potential opportunities to close identified gaps.
We’ll make our history part of the ongoing story we tell at Lloyd’s, while encouraging accountability and transparency around the progress we make.
Memorial. Establish permanent memorial in the Lloyd’s Building to remember the victims of transatlantic slavery.
Lecture series. Launch the Flint Lectures - an annual series featuring diversity and history experts, named after our first Black broker.
Artistic response. Sponsor a pioneering requiem, composed by David Önaç and commissioned by Culture&, to memorialise enslaved Africans.
Accountability. Expand collection and sharing of diversity data across the market to show the progress we’re making.
In October 2025, we unveiled an integral part of our Inclusive Futures response at the Lloyd’s Building, our memorial plaque for the victims of the transatlantic slave trade.
The aim of this artistic response – which came as a result of our consultations with over 200 Black and ethnically diverse colleagues, and our panel of Black experts – is to provide a space where we can reflect, remember, and learn from our past.
In October 2024, we hosted our inaugural Flint lecture in the Lloyd’s Underwriting Room, which brought together some of the industry’s leading voices to discuss issues of race, inclusion and heritage.
The Flint lecture series is named after Lloyd’s first Black broker, David Flint, and was part of our commitment to continue the conversation on creating a more inclusive market and society.
The second instalment of the Flint Lecture series took place in November 2025, where we welcomed Scotty Mills as our keynote speaker. A former Major in the Royal Marines and the highest-ranking black officer in the their history, Scotty shared his remarkable journey, exploring the power of diversity, how inclusive leadership drives high-performing teams and how actions and allyship matters.
The Inclusive Futures Coalition is a collective of eight leading market firms and three trusted delivery partners who are working together to deliver the programme’s three flagship initiatives: higher education bursaries, an early careers talent pool and a Board-level talent pool.
See who’s in the Coalition, and hear from our partners, below.
At Lloyd’s, we want talent from all communities to have access to the range of opportunities available. That’s what the Inclusive Futures school programme – an initiative aimed at delivering a pathway from the classroom to the boardroom – is all about.
To find out more about our Inclusive Futures programme of initiatives, please get in touch:
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