Dear Lloyd’s Agents,
On behalf of the Global Marine Services and Broker Oversight team, and everyone at Lloyd’s, we would like to thank you and your colleagues for all of the support that you have provided to the Lloyd’s Agency network throughout 2024.
We end the year, once again, being very proud of what we have been able to collectively achieve as a network. You may be interested to hear that (based on the data that you have shared with us) the Lloyd’s Agency network has undertaken a very impressive 166,250 survey instructions in 2024! It is also very pleasing to note that a significant number of these survey instructions were as a direct result of Lloyd’s Agents supporting each other and passing instructions between themselves. So thank you again to every one of our Lloyd’s Agents, as we jointly continue to provide a high quality of service to our global clients and collectively encourage even greater use of the network.
For the team here in London, it has also been a busy year. We have once again hosted and/or attended a number of events, all of which are helpful in promoting and raising awareness of the expertise available within the network. Highlights included:
- Hosting a successful and very well attended Lloyd’s Global Marine seminar in Singapore in June.
- Hosting x2 Marine Seminars in London - in collaboration with the Lloyd’s Marine and Energy Under 35s Group. This market group has a large and growing membership and we are very pleased to be able to strengthen our connections with this younger generation of marine practitioners.
- Attending and sponsoring the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) Conference that was held in Berlin (Germany) this year.
- Attending and sponsoring the International Cargo Insurance Conference (ICIC)that was held in Berkshire (UK).
- Attending and sponsoring the International Fine Art & Specie Insurance Conference (IFASIC)that was held in Dubrovnik (Croatia) this year.
- Attending the CESAM conferencethat was held in Paris (France).
It was great to see so many of our Lloyd’s Agents that were also able to support and attend a number of these events this year.
This year we also had the opportunity to undertake some enhancements/improvements to the Lloyd’s Agency Portal – this important oversight tool helps us to monitor and manage the network, and ensures that the data that we hold for each of your companies is up-to-date. The Portal in-turn feeds the online Lloyd’s Agency Directory which a number of our global clients utilise on a regular basis. We hope you will agree that the Portal is now far more user friendly (with a reduced number of data requests) and easier to navigate.
You may have noticed that the Lloyd’s Agency Directory on Lloyds.com also now has a new look, updated to align with Lloyd’s brand colours etc.
Staying on the digital theme, the Lloyd’s Agency online training materialis now being hosted on a new platform – Workday. This platform is better serviced by Lloyd’s and we continue to encourage as many Lloyd’s Agents as possible to sign up in order benefit from the available training material.
With the holiday season fast approaching, we would like to take this opportunity to wish you, your colleagues and your families an enjoyable festive period and the very best of health as we head in to the New Year 2025.
All the best and kind regards from the whole team
