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, we help create a braver world.
We do this by sharpening the insight to anticipate and understand risk, and the knowledge to develop relevant and innovative forms of insurance for customers globally.
At Lloyd’s, we offer the efficiencies of shared resources in a marketplace that covers risks from more than 200 territories, in any industry, at any scale.
Ours is a promise of trusted partnership - helping people, businesses and communities to recover in times of need and build resilience for the future.
Lloyd’s is a 330-year-old start up, founded by a few brave entrepreneurs in a coffee shop. Three centuries later, the Lloyd’s market continues that proud tradition — sharing risk and inspiring courage everywhere.
Who we are and what we do
The Lloyd’s Corporation oversees the smooth running of the market, regulates and reports on the operations of its participants and holds licenses to write insurance in more than 80 countries. We are at the forefront of innovation, celebrating the changes happening at Lloyd’s and beyond. As part of the Corporation’s role in keeping the market on the front line and customers on the front foot, Lloyd’s regularly publishes its series of Emerging Risk Reports that scans the horizon for the issues and trends likely to affect the insurance market. 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.
We have an ambitious ‘Future at Lloyd’s’ strategy to deliver profound change in the Lloyd’s market through digitalization.
Our opportunities
By joining Lloyd’s you are becoming part of the Corporation that helps support the market. Whether as a graduate or apprentice, this is an exciting time to join us. The rapid advancement of technology and the power of big data are propelling our industry forward.
What we look for
Lloyd’s is changing and needs curious minds to define what that change will look like. With the pioneering spirit that’s underpinned our success for hundreds of years, we aim to be at the forefront of this digital transformation. We’re looking for people with fresh perspectives and the confidence to share them.
Lloyd’s at a glance
Our story
We are Lloyd’s. We are a unique combination of a specialist insurance market and a Corporation. We’re here to support customers when it matters most, providing the financial support to enable businesses, governments and people to recover as quickly as possible when the unexpected happens. The scale and scope of what we do means we can enable you to embark on an incredible career journey.
Navigating the marketplace
Established in a coffee house in the 17th Century, the Lloyd’s market has offices around the world, where companies arrange specialist insurance for customers with complicated or unusual risks. The market houses syndicates with an unrivalled concentration of expertise, which provide the capital for underwriters to accept risk. Most of the business written at Lloyd’s is still conducted face-to-face in the world famous Underwriting Room at our London Lime Street headquarters.
The Lloyd’s market
The Lloyd’s market is where the insurance policies are written. Every day, people, businesses and communities in over 200 countries and territories rely on the Lloyd’s market to protect what matters most. And every day, more than 50 leading insurance companies, 200 registered brokers and a global network of over 3,800 coverholders work together in the Lloyd’s market to do just that.